Introduction to Computers: Graphics and Graphic Types (Part 3)
Explore “Graphics and Graphic Types” in this Introduction to Computers lesson. Part 3 of the five-part series brings together the source material and lesson topics. Use the contents links to find a section, read the notes, and consult the complete original teaching slides below.
Lesson topics
- Uses of Graphic
- Types of Graphics
Contents
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- Graphics are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone to
- Uses of Graphic
- Types of Graphics
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Introduction to Computers – Hasnat Tariq: original teaching slides for this study series.
Graphics are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone to
Graphics are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage it includes: pictorial representation of data, as in computer-aided design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational software. Images that are generated by a computer are called computer graphics.
Examples are photographs, drawings, line art, graphs, diagrams, typography, symbols, geometric designs, maps, or other images.
Uses of Graphic
Uses of Graphic Advertising Political Education Film and animation
Types of Graphics
Types of Graphics There are a number of different types of graphics file formats. Each type stores graphics data in a different way. Bitmap, vector, and metafile formats are by far the most commonly used formats. However, there are other types of formats as well–scene, animation, multimedia, hybrid, hypertext, hypermedia, 3D, virtual modeling reality language (VRML), audio, font, and page description language (PDL).
Review questions and answers
What are the key points about Graphics are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone to?
Graphics are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage it includes: pictorial representation of data, as in computer-aided design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational software. Images that are…
What are the key points about Uses of Graphic?
Uses of Graphic Advertising Political Education Film and animation
What are the key points about Types of Graphics?
Types of Graphics There are a number of different types of graphics file formats. Each type stores graphics data in a different way. Bitmap, vector, and metafile formats are by far the most commonly used formats. However, there are other types of formats as well–scene, animation, multimedia, hybrid, hypertext, hypermedia, 3D, virtual modeling reality…
More lessons from this document
- Introduction to Computers – Hasnat Tariq — Part 1
- Introduction to Computers – Hasnat Tariq — Part 2
- Introduction to Computers – Hasnat Tariq — Part 3
- Introduction to Computers – Hasnat Tariq — Part 4
- Introduction to Computers – Hasnat Tariq — Part 5
Conclusion
The important points in Types of Graphics should be reviewed alongside the definitions, examples and comparisons given above. Continue with the other four articles to cover the rest of the source material.