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Pixel vs Pictel - What's the difference?

pixel | pictel |

As nouns the difference between pixel and pictel

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

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 ----

    pictel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A pixel.
  • * 1975 , Biosciences Communications (page 284)
    • By the time the scan is completed, the ACTA numbers of all the pictels have been computed and are stored in the computer's memory.
  • * 1978 , Derek Allan Holton, Jennifer Seberry, Combinatorial mathematics: proceedings
    • Pseudo-color computer graphics displays identify the color of each pictel by a three-dimensional vector whose nonnegative elements specify the relative intensities of the three primary colors