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by rezz 1105 days ago
Am I the only person who was unaware that pixel was short for “picture element”?
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tines 1105 days ago
And in the context of computer graphics, "texel" means texture element!
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dtgriscom 1104 days ago
drexel is a university
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danlugo92 1105 days ago
No you're not.
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_a_a_a_ 1104 days ago
Every person starts of not knowing this, then we learn it. No problem.
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HyperSane 1105 days ago
voxel is short for volume element.
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