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pixel

 
   
the smallest unit of display on a computer screen whose colour or brightness can be controlled The picture was made up of several hundred pixels of different colours.

Full form picture element

COMMENT: In high resolution display systems the colour or brightness of a single pixel can be controlled; in low resolution systems a group of pixels are controlled at the same time.
 

 

 

 
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