| A | B |
|---|
| How an image is saved in order to reduce the file size. | Compression |
| Some data is lost during compression. | Lossy |
| No data is lost during compression. | Lossless |
| The number of pixels that can be displayed in an image. | Color depth |
| Ease at which files are opened, modified, and viewed on computers using different operating systems, software and browsers. | Portability |
| The background of an image is “see-through” so that the graphic can blend into the background without having a white box around it. | Transparency |
| Also called bitmaps. Images composed of pixels that have a fixed resolution and cannot be resized without losing image quality. | Raster graphics |
| Images composed of mathematical formulas that define lines, shapes and curves. | Vector graphics |
| Image formats that can contain both vector and raster data. | Meta graphics |
