raster graphics definition

raster graphics

Computer (digital) image which (unlike vector graphics) is made up of small 'tiles' (pixels or dots). When a raster image is enlarged, the pixels or dots give a stairstep-like jagged appearance. All video (monitor) screens, dot matrix, inkjet, and laser printers, and scanners are raster image devices whereas a plotter (pen-plotter) is a vector image device.

raster graphics is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Printing, Packaging, & Publishing subjects.

raster graphics appears in the definition of the following term: vector graphics

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