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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pixmap en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of pixel + map.

Meanings

  1. A grid of pixels; a bitmap, especially one having more than one bit (binary digit) assigned to each pixel, allowing for multiple shades or colors.
    • PDF primarily encodes graphics and text as vectorized data, whereas DjVu primarily encodes them as pixmap images. 2021, Alexander Thomasian, Storage Systems..., §2.13.7

Forms

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pixmaps Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

bitmap · pixelmap · raster