FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER FILES

FILE SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Bitmaps store image information as a series of numbers that each represent ____
A
Pixels
B
Voxels
C
Pixars
D
Vowels
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bitmap (or raster) images are stored as a series of tiny dots called pixels. Each pixel is actually a very small square that is assigned a color, and then arranged in a pattern to form the image.

Detailed explanation-2: -A bitmap file stores an image as a grip of pixels, where each pixels where each pixel is a single colour. The file stores a list of the colour for each pixel, stored as a binary code indicating colour. Pixel is short for Picture Element. Each pixel is a square of a single colour.

Detailed explanation-3: -Every one of the squares is a pixel . To store the image, the computer records a number to represent the colour of each square. It works a bit like a digital colour by numbers! The more squares in the grid, the better the images will look, as more pixels are used to represent the image.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bitmap graphics represent images in the form of a grid that is made up of individual pixels or points of colour. They are resolution dependent; when a bitmap image is created, it is made using a set number of pixels per inch (ppi).

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