8/30/24 – Metadata

Summary: Today’s activity.

Vocabulary…

  • Pixel – Short for “picture element”, the fundamental unit of a digital image, typically a tiny square or dot that contains a single point a larger image.
  • Metadata – Data that describes other data.
  • Sampling – The process of turning analog data into digital data. (Example: width and height of an image)
  • Raster Image – Raster images store the image as an array of individual pixels, each of which has a particular color.
  • Vector Image – Vector images store the image using connected points on the cartesian plane.

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