Bit map

From EDRM

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Creating characters or images by creating a "picture" (matrix) of individual bits (pixels). The individual bits may just be binary (black and white) or high definition color. In color systems, the "z-axis" of each pixel has a value which represents the "shade of gray" or color of the bit. This value can be as high as 32 bits for very high resolution color. This results in a large, uncompressed file. For instance, a 300 dpi, E-Size drawing bit map is approximately 16MB.^[1]

Footnotes

1. ^  American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml.