Pixel

Technology / Television (TV) / Pixel: A combination of the words ''picture'' and 'element ' A pixel is the smallest discernible sample of video information, the 'little squares' that make up an overall picture. Pixels per inch (PPI) the measure of the sharpness (that is, the density of illuminated points) on a television display screen. A rule of thumb?€¦the more pixels per square inch the better the picture.
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Effective Pixel Count

Technology / Digital Cameras / Effective Pixel Count: There are two different ways to think about the pixels on a camera's image sensor. 'Actual' pixels is a simple count of every pixel present on the sensor. 'Effective' pixels, however, is a count of al MORE

Megapixel (MP)

Technology / Digital Cameras / Megapixel (MP): One million pixels. The more megapixels a camera has, the higher its maximum resolution ?€” and the better its potential picture quality. MORE

Pixel Size

Science / Spiders / Pixel Size: the number of Angstroms per pixel in the digitized micrograph. Pixel size is computed as ps (A/p) = [10,000(A/u) * SR(u) * DF] / M, where ps = pixelsize, SR = scanning resolution, DF = decimation fact MORE