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pixmaps

pixmaps is the plural of pixmap.

Meaning of pixmap

Noun

pixmap (plural pixmaps)

  1. A grid of pixels; a bitmap, especially one having more than one bit (binary digit) assigned to each pixel, allowing for multiple shades or colors.
    • PDF primarily encodes graphics and text as vectorized data, whereas DjVu primarily encodes them as pixmap images.2021, Alexander Thomasian, Storage Systems..., §2.13.7
    Synonyms:
    bitmap, pixelmap, raster

Questions about pixmaps

What is pixmaps the plural of?
Pixmaps is the plural of pixmap.

Words near pixmaps in the dictionary

  1. Pixler
  2. Pixlers
  3. Pixley
  4. Pixleys
  5. pixmap
  6. pixmaps
  7. Pixna
  8. Pixton
  9. Pixtons
  10. pixy
  11. pixy ring

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