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Pixmap - What does it mean?

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pixmap

English

Noun

(wikipedia pixmap) (en noun)
  • (computer graphics) A grid of pixels.

    • Usage notes

    * Whereas a bitmap is sometimes represented with 1 bit per pixel, allowing each dot in the image to be only one of two colours (monochrome), a pixmap allows each pixel to be any of many colours. However, the term bitmap is also often used for pixmaps.

    Synonyms

    * bitmap

    Not English

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