Pixel definition

Pixel

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WordNet

(1) (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)

"The greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution"

WiktionaryText

pix, pictures + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”, but this does not account for the x. First attested 1965

One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.