Term: RASTER
Raster or bitmapped images associate information about the pixels of a display or printer. An image is broken down and described in terms of pixels. The term "bitmap" means that each pixel used to describe the image has bits associated with it that describe its color and intensity whether the pixel is off or on. The term "raster" refers to the horizontal scan line of the monitor. A bitmapped image can be anything displayable in the graphics mode of the video display card. Simply put, images that are stored and displayed in bitmap form.
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