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super_salad
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Technically we should call it pixmap. (Something I found interesting.)

Today I was looking through Wikipedia and came across the article for bitmap. Turns out that bitmap is actually only a black and white map of pixels. Each pixel is one bit- thus the name bitmap. The term pixmap refers to any map of pixels of any color, not just black and white. Each pixel is more than one bit in a pixmap image.

Just something I found interesting and wanted to point it out.

(P.S. I wasn't sure which forum to put this in. If it is in the wrong forum, feel free to move it ST.)

Last edited by super_salad (Aug. 19, 2013 17:59:59)

gregory9
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Technically we should call it pixmap. (Something I found interesting.)

That is very interesting.

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lallaway12
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Technically we should call it pixmap. (Something I found interesting.)

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nathanprocks
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Technically we should call it pixmap. (Something I found interesting.)

Well I would still call it a bitmap because the image is made up of bits.

Wikipedia wrote:

The more general term pixmap refers to a map of pixels, where each one may store more than two colors, thus using more than one bit per pixel. Often bitmap is used for this as well. In some contexts, the term bitmap implies one bit per pixel, while pixmap is used for images with multiple bits per pixel.[1][2]


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bobbybee
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Technically we should call it pixmap. (Something I found interesting.)

Interesting.. but, with the same logic…

-Tomatoes are fruits
-French Fries are vegetables
-Hacking is legal
-And Apple I is the first computer

Last edited by bobbybee (Aug. 21, 2013 23:13:29)


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lallaway12
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Technically we should call it pixmap. (Something I found interesting.)

bobbybee wrote:

Interesting.. but, with the same logic…

-Tomatoes are fruits
-French Fries are vegetables
-Hacking is legal
-And Apple I is the first computer
1. French fries are not fruit
2. Not if its copywright

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