| bitmap Any
picture you see on the Web (or hot off a scanner, or on a page created
with a desktop publishing application) is called a bitmap. As its name
suggests, a bitmap is a map of dots--similar to what you see when you look
at a newspaper photo under a strong magnifying glass--that looks like a
picture when viewed from a distance. Bitmaps come in many file formats
(GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PICT, and PCX, to name a few) and can be read by
paint programs and image editors such as Adobe Photoshop. |