Raster
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Raster may refer to:
- Raster graphicsRaster graphicsIn computer graphics, a raster graphics image, or bitmap, is a data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of color, viewable via a monitor, paper, or other display medium...
, graphical techniques using arrays of pixel values - Raster graphics editorRaster graphics editorA raster graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to paint and edit pictures interactively on the computer screen and save them in one of many popular “bitmap” or “raster” formats such as JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIFF....
, a computer program - Raster scanRaster scanA raster scan, or raster scanning, is the rectangular pattern of image capture and reconstruction in television. By analogy, the term is used for raster graphics, the pattern of image storage and transmission used in most computer bitmap image systems...
, the pattern of image readout, transmission, storage, and reconstruction in television and computer images - RasterisationRasterisationRasterisation is the task of taking an image described in a vector graphics format and converting it into a raster image for output on a video display or printer, or for storage in a bitmap file format....
, or rasterization, conversion of a vector image to a raster image - Raster image processorRaster image processorA raster image processor is a component used in a printing system which produces a raster image also known as a bitmap. The bitmap is then sent to a printing device for output. The input may be a page description in a high-level page description language such as PostScript, Portable Document...
, or RIP, a component of a printing system that performs rasterisation - Raster interruptRaster interruptA raster interrupt is a computer interrupt signal that is used for display timing purposes. It is usually, though not always, generated by the system's graphics chip....
, a computer interrupt signal - Raster to vectorRaster to vectorIn computer graphics, vectorization refers to the process of converting raster graphics into vector graphics.- Popular applications :*In computer-aided design drawings are scanned, vectorized and written as CAD files in a process called paper-to-CAD conversion or drawing conversion.*In geographic...
, an image conversion process - Raster barRaster barThe raster bar is an effect used in demos that displays animated horizontal bars of colour that extend into the overscan area of the display...
, an effect used in computer demos - Raster-NotonRaster-NotonRaster-Noton is a German electronic music record label founded in 1996 by Olaf Bender, Carsten Nicolai and Frank Bretschneider. Based in Chemnitz, Germany, Raster-Noton merged in 1999 from separate labels Rastermusik and Noton .The collective label's aesthetic focus is rhythmic, minimal electronic...
, a record label - RastrumRastrumA rastrum is a five-pointed writing implement used in music manuscripts to draw parallel staff lines. The word "raster" is derived from the Latin for "rake". Rastra were used to draw lines on paper that had not been pre-ruled, and were widely used in Europe until printed staff paper became cheap...
, a device used in medieval music manuscripts to draw staff lines - Raster Document Object, a file format
People
- Christian RasterChristian RasterChristian Raster was a statesman in Anhalt-Dessau and personal assistant to Leopold IV, [Duke] of Anhalt-Dessau. He had a son, Hermann Raster who was editor of Illinois Staats-Zeitung....
, statesman in Anhalt-Dessau - Hermann RasterHermann RasterHermann Raster was a German Forty-Eighter, best known for his job as chief editor for the Illinois Staats-Zeitung between 1867 and 1891....
(1827–1891), German Forty-Eighter