raster

(Anglès)

Noun

1. A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image projected on a cathode-ray tube of a television set or display screen.
2. A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.

Verb

To scan in parallel lines.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɹæstɚ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From German Raster, from Latin rāster, from rāstrum (“rake”, noun), from rādō (“to scrape”, verb).

Conceptes

ràster

Sinònims

bit map

dot-matrix

grating

dot pattern

optical grating

face of the screen