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In this video, we’ll learn about resolution as it concerns displays.
New Terms:
- CRT -- Cathode Ray Tube- one of those over-sized monitors with a bulbous glass front that weighs around 50 tons.
- LCD -- Liquid Crystal Display- display technology found in most flat screens today.
- Resolution -- the number of pixels wide by the number of pixels high, usually represented as ## x ##
- Pixel -- basic unit of measurement on a display, one color.
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display resolution.
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When referring to images,
resolution is the density of information,
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typically within an inch,
contained within the image file.
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PPI, or pixels per inch,
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tells us how many pixels are represented
in a square inch when printed.
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Or, put simply, resolution is the amount
of detail available in the image.
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For displays or screens, resolution it
how many pixels a display contains.
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Typically represented in columns by rows,
for example, 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels.
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