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pixel definition - telecom
From pics, which is slang for pictures. The basic unit that makes up an image displayed on a video screen. Pixels are dots of picture elements, similar to the dots in half-tone printing.The greater the number and areal density of the pixels, the better the resolution. See also resolution.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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