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Graphics vs Initialism - What's the difference?

graphics | initialism |

As nouns the difference between graphics and initialism

is that graphics is the making of architectural or design drawings while initialism is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.

graphics

English

Noun

(wikipedia graphics) (computer graphics) (-)
  • The making of architectural or design drawings.
  • The graphic arts.
  • (computing) The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data.
  • (computing) The art or visual representations displayed by a computer.
  • This game is really fun, but the graphics aren't very good.

    Derived terms

    * graphics engine * pseudographics * vector graphics

    initialism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia initialism) (en noun)
  • A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
  • BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

    See also

    * abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *