14.3 Computer Graphics
Computer graphics can be very generally described as the setting of pixel values on the computer screen. Recall that we talked about computer images in Chapter 3. At that time, we said that an image is a collection of pixel values specified as the red, green, and blue values. Although that earlier discussion referred to pictures we could scan and display on a computer screen, it also applies to everything we display on a computer screen.
The field of computer graphics plays a role in many aspects of computer science. The most common application is in the graphical user interface (GUI) of modern operating systems. Files and folders are represented as icons on the screen, with the icon indicating the file type. Interacting ...
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