Pixels & Bitmaps Flashcards

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How is a bitmap image represented in a computer?

As a grid of pixels, with the colour of each pixel stored as a binary value.

What is a pixel?

A single point in an image: the smallest part of an image that can be given a colour. The word is short for picture element.

How do pixels relate to the way an image is displayed?

The image is shown as a grid of pixels, and each pixel is displayed as one colour. Together the pixels make up the picture.