Aliasing: This refers to the distortion in a sound or image generation. A sound distortion occurs when digitally recording high frequencies with a low sample rate. An image distortion occurs when a printer, monitor or graphic file has an insufficient amount of resolution to display an image properly.

 

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Aliasing: This refers to the distortion in a sound or image generation. A sound distortion occurs when digitally recording high frequencies with a low sample rate. An image distortion occurs when a pr . . . View Full Definition

Antialiasing: Software designed to make diagonal or curved lines appear smooth and continuous. Aliasing refers to undersirable visual effects in computer generated images caused by low sampling. Antialias . . . View Full Definition

Anti-Aliasing: A programming technique (or hardware capability) that automatically smoothes jaggy edges, and is especially useful for making low-resolution images look better.

Quartz: A powerful graphics system that delivers a rich imaging model, on-the-fly rendering, anti-aliasing, and compositing of PostScript graphics. Quartz also implements the windowing system for Ma . . . View Full Definition