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| Graphics | anything on a page that is not actual text, from simple line drawings to fully active images found on the World Wide Web |
| Color Depth | refers to the number of bits per pixel that can be displayed on a computer screen |
| Compression | refers to how an image is stored |
| portability | ease at which files are opened, modified, and viewed across software and browsers |
| transparency | allows the background color of an image to be replaced or changed so that the graphic can blend into the background |
| raster graphics | also called bitmap graphics, images composed of grids of pixels that have a fixed resolution (number of pixels per inch) and cannot be resized without losing image quality |
| GIF | Standard format on web for animation |
| vector graphics | composed of mathematical formulas that define lines, nodes (drawing points) and curves of digital images; can be 2D or 3D; edited in draw programs |
| resolution independent | regardless of how much the image is enlarged or reduced, the image definition and quality remain the same |
| lossless | integrity is retained as image is resized |
| lossy | some pixels are lost when the image is resized |
| vector graphic software | Adobe Illustrator |
| raster graphics | edited in paint programs |
