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Pixel vs Palettize - What's the difference?

pixel | palettize |

As a noun pixel

is one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an in a computer's memory.

As a verb palettize is

to encode (an ) efficiently by mapping its pixels to a palette containing only those colours that are actually present in the image.

pixel

English

(wikipedia pixel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.

    • Synonyms

    * pel (rare)

    Derived terms

    * megapixel * peep pixels * pixelated, pixellated * pixelation * pixelization * pixel peeper * subpixel * voxel * texel

    See also

    * triangle ----

    palettize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *(l)

    Verb

    (palettiz)
  • (computer graphics) To encode (an image) efficiently by mapping its pixels to a palette containing only those colours that are actually present in the image.

    • Related terms

    * palettization