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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

bitmapped graphics

A method of creating images where a picture is held as a bit map - that is, the state of each individual pixel is stored. Text in such a picture would also be stored in the same bit map. Such drawings use a lot of storage space, because even

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pixelhot spotimage mapbitmapcomputer generated image (CGI)digital imageimagepixelationraster graphicsvector graphics
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