Raster
[ras-ter] /ˈræs tər/
noun
1.
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube of a television set.
2.
Computers. a set of horizontal lines composed of individual pixels, used to form an image on a CRT or other screen.
/ˈræstə/
noun
1.
a pattern of horizontal scanning lines traced by an electron beam, esp on a television screen
verb
2.
to use web-based technology to turn a digital image into a large picture composed of a grid of black and white dots
n.
1934 in electrical engineering, from German Raster “screen, frame,” from Latin rastrum “rake,” from rasum, from rodere “to scrape” (see raze). Related: Rasterization; rasterize. From Latin form rastellum comes French râteau “rake,” formerly ratel, originally rastel.
hardware
The area of a video display that is covered by sweeping the electron beam of the display in a series of horizontal lines from top to bottom. The beam then returns to the top during the vertical flyback interval.
See also CRT, frame buffer.
(1995-03-22)
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- Rastergram
Single Image Random Dot Stereogram
- Raster burn
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- Raster graphics image
noun See raster image
- Raster image
noun a type of digital image composed of individual pixels of various colors; also called raster graphics image , bit-map image , bitmap Examples A raster image may be put in many file formats such as GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PICT, and PCX.