pixel

A `picture element' - typically a colored dot on a screen.

The picture element on a display area, such as a monitor screen or printed page. Each pixel is individually accessible.

Picture Element.

A contraction of the words picture element. The smallest unit of information in an image or raster map. Referred to as a cell in an image or grid.

A picture element. This is the smallest element of a display that can be assigned a color value. See also pixels per inch (PPI), resolution.

In a raster-scanned imaging system, the smallest discrete scanning line sample that can contain gray scale information.