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Questions tagged [terminology]

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What is the meaning of words 'stochastic', 'temporal' in computer graphics?

Last time I see a lot of papers which operates on this words, i.e. stochastic AA, temporal coherence etc. What does that means? Can you provide examples with explanations in plain English?
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What does it mean by a Constraint-based Graphics System?

Scratchpad was a constraint-based graphics system. What does it mean by a Constraint-based Graphics System?
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What is the practical difference between 3D Graphics Engine, 3D Game Engine, 3D ........?

What is the practical difference between 3D Graphics Engine (OGRE), 3D Game Engine (Quake), 3D Software Rendering Engine, 3D Graphics API (OpenGL/DirectX)? Is OpenGL/DirectX a 3D Graphics API or a 3D Software Rendering Engine? If I want to start…
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Is "generative art" the best term for describing graphical techniques like ASCII art or photo mosaics?

I'm researching generative art using computers, and I'm looking to see if there's a more specific term for types of image manipulation techniques like ASCII art or photo mosaics that can narrow down my search. Basically it's anything that uses a…
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Does this blur background effect have a specific name

https://youtu.be/f-qTGM5wsnM?t=114 The entire video is a tutorial on how to achieve the desired effect, the snippet linked is a demo of it. In words the image/video is taken, expanded to fill and blurred. Does it have a specific name I can google…
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What is the common term for the distinction between vector and raster data?

Data formats for images (but also for geospacial or geometric data) are usually classified in "vector data" and "raster data". Does this classification have a commonly used name? I am looking for a term that could be used as a property name in a…
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Isotropic vs Anisotropic Textures

I am reading the paper Texture Synthesis over Arbitrary Manifold Surfaces available here. On page $3$ on the right sight of the page they refer to isotropic and anisotropic textures. I am familiar with anistropic texture filtering, but not an actual…
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Is there a term to refer to a cube-break-down process?

The image shown below illustrate the process to break a cube down into 4 small equal cubes. Is there a term to refer to this process, something like cube-break-down? Why would I like to know the term? Because I am trying to perform this process…
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Is text one form of graphics?

I don't know if this is the right stack exchange for this question, but I couldn't find a better one, so I am posting it here. My question is, is text considered a form of graphics? As I am writing this question, certain pixels on my computer are…
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