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viewport en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈvjuːpɔː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

From view + port.

Meanings

1. A viewing window.
   • acrylic plastic viewports in pressure vessels for human occupancy
2. A typically rectangular region representing the range or area currently visible (within a window, screen, etc.).
   • Dragging the scroll-bar changes which part of the picture is visible within the viewport.

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Translations (5)

fi näkymä (rectangular region in computer graphics) · tr görüntü kapısı (rectangular region in computer graphics) · de Viewport (rectangular region in computer graphics) · cmn 視口 /视口 (currently visible rectangular region) · es ventana gráfica (rectangular region in computer graphics)

viewport en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈvjuːpɔː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

From view + port.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To clip (an image or region) so that it fits in a viewport.
   • The main thing I want you to take away from this chapter is knowing where to start and creating a very simple viewported web site using nothing more than an extra <meta> tag and simple HTML. 2012, Scott Preston, Learn HTML5 and JavaScript for iOS:
   • Viewporting is an operation that takes the portion of the picture that has been mapped into the square region delimited by -1,+1,-1,+1 and further maps it into a rectangular subregion of the screen (a viewport). 1980, MTS, the Michigan Terminal System, volume 17, page 42:
   • Some general ideas on clipping, viewporting, and windowing can be found in Rogers and Adams. 1979, Tutorial: Computer Graphics, page 80:

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