{"id":2222,"date":"2012-09-25T17:37:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T17:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/graphics\/"},"modified":"2017-02-01T17:19:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T17:19:58","slug":"graphics","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/1999\/graphics","title":{"rendered":"Graphics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_graphics_mean\">What Does Graphics Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In IT, the term graphics generally refers to images generated by a computer or similar tech device. In the most fundamental sense, graphics are images. Over time, there have been radical changes in computer graphics and the ways they are generated.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_graphics\">Techopedia Explains Graphics<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A major difference between categories of graphics is raster graphics (or images that use bitmaps) versus newer vector graphics. 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