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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
graphics
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a graphics file
▪ This handy utility allows you to change graphics files from one format to another.
computer graphics (=images created by computers)
▪ There’s a massive market for high-speed computer graphics.
graphics card
software/word-processing/graphics etc package
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
▪ For most design software, a high quality graphics monitor is needed.
▪ Many companies used to eliminate important features such as high resolution graphics or soundboard support.
new
▪ Most people liked the new design and graphics.
other
▪ You might, for instance, want to put Windows PaintBrush in with your other graphics programs.
▪ Like other graphics, fonts can be described in a high level manner, or as bit mapped images.
▪ Compared to other graphics fairs, the London event was seen to be somewhat old fashioned in its approach and emphasis.
■ NOUN
accelerator
▪ A full-length GA-300 video card is fitted using the S3 86C911 graphics accelerator.
application
▪ It is their word-processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheet, database and graphics applications programs that dominate the market.
▪ A handful of smaller companies are making Mac clones for high-end graphics applications and other niche markets.
▪ It is recommended for demanding graphics applications such as three-dimensional modelling and visualisation.
▪ It will be useful for processor hungry applications - spreadsheets, graphics applications, and multitasking spring readily to mind.
▪ The performance is easily good enough for heavy-duty disk intensive applications such as databases and large graphics applications, as well as Windows 3.1 work.
▪ It is also supported by a number of screen based graphics applications.
▪ Steepler is planning to major on offering the machines for running graphics applications.
▪ Transputers for Geometric Modelling: Parallel algorithms for use in graphics application.
business
▪ Multiple-outcome scales, often used to show two series of data simultaneously, are another danger in business graphics.
capability
▪ Part of the power of cad is how the powerful graphics capabilities can give a friendly solidness to engineering drawings.
▪ Essentially a text orientated language, it has been expanded to give graphics capability.
▪ Primarily the computer has to have a graphics capability, preferably monochrome and as high a resolution as possible.
▪ He adds that the graphics capabilities allow the operation of a slideshow without the need to buy a specialist presentation graphics package.
card
▪ If you want to try this out make sure your graphics card can capture video output.
▪ If you have a color graphics card and a monochrome monitor, the underlining will not really appear on the scree.
▪ They can be found in sound cards, graphics cards and Lust about every other piece of computer hardware.
▪ This is the reason why graphics cards like the Magician and others have been developed.
cards
▪ They can be found in sound cards, graphics cards and Lust about every other piece of computer hardware.
▪ This is the reason why graphics cards like the Magician and others have been developed.
colour
▪ The colour graphics are reasonable and quite large so you will have no problems with eye strain.
▪ This new version looks and sounds superb with full blown 256 colour graphics and sound support.
▪ Print quality was very good, with crisp, sharp text and well balanced colour graphics.
▪ And with its colour graphics screen is the most wanted hand-held machine you can get.
computer
▪ But Night Trap could not be exempted because it depicted violent actions involving realistic images of human beings rather than straight forward computer graphics.
▪ Burwell is known for her visionary grab bag of charmingly painted furniture, and increasingly, for her stunning computer graphics work.
▪ It may include packaging, illustration and computer graphics.
▪ This is where computer graphics comes to the geometer's aid.
▪ Nowhere is the pace of development more apparent than in computer graphics.
▪ He's been telling the girls that their costumes for the video will be added by using computer graphics.
▪ There are also workshops involving computer graphics and Meccano.
▪ Other subjects used the first part of the show included the Dart Valley railway, the Red Arrows and computer graphics.
file
▪ Richard Noble describes a science quality instrument. 738 What's in a graphics file?
▪ I mentioned earlier that graphics files are very large, and this is particularly true with bitmap images.
▪ Keep your graphics file sizes small.
▪ First up, is Pizazz + Convert, a handy utility for converting one graphics file type to another.
package
▪ Can it read text files from a word processor and pictures from a graphics package?
▪ Similarly, desktop publishing packages can take text from a whole range of word processors, graphics packages and other sources.
▪ The latest version of its graphics package, Presentations 2, reviewed in our December issue, had these features in abundance.
▪ The same principles apply to the graphics package.
▪ Interleaf Publisher provides its own environment which includes a word processor, graphics package and so on.
▪ He adds that the graphics capabilities allow the operation of a slideshow without the need to buy a specialist presentation graphics package.
performance
▪ Denali is configured at three levels: low-end E series models 15, 25 and 35 offer mid-range graphics performance.
▪ Local bus is most often used to improve graphics performance.
▪ You should bear in mind that WinTach only measures Windows graphics performance and not overall system performance.
▪ These chips have been very disappointing in the graphics performance they can offer.
presentation
▪ The final twist to the whole presentation graphics story must be the current upsurge in interest in Desktop Video.
▪ Electronic generation of presentation graphics has, until quite recently, been a very expensive process.
▪ The other significant problem that is currently dogging the presentation graphics market is that film recorders come with a paucity of typefaces.
▪ He adds that the graphics capabilities allow the operation of a slideshow without the need to buy a specialist presentation graphics package.
program
▪ Molcad, an interactive graphics program for the display and manipulation of molecular structures, is now available from Tripos Associates.
▪ Click and drag all your graphics program files into the new box.
▪ You might, for instance, want to put Windows PaintBrush in with your other graphics programs.
software
▪ Evans &038; Sutherland is also expected this week to announce similar OGI-compliant graphics software aimed at the high-end graphics market.
▪ The three-dimensional graphics software concern plunged 4 3 / 8 to 23.
▪ Working with top-end graphics software can be very expensive.
▪ Many manufacturers are grabbing consumers' attention by offering free graphics software with their printers.
▪ That isn't to say you can't use graphics software simply for fun, or artistic purposes.
Software packages commonly used by budget analysts include electronic spreadsheets and database and graphics software.
▪ Superusers recently collaborated with Uniras to interface its graphics software with UIM/X.
▪ This was in the early days of the personal computer when graphics software was scarce.
subsystem
▪ PixelVision, a three-dimensional graphics subsystem is due later this year.
tablet
▪ Input was lower case handwritten print via a graphics tablet.
▪ Their input was via a graphics tablet.
▪ However, just entering the data isn't the end of the graphics tablets usefulness.
▪ From input data via a graphics tablet, a sequence of parameter vectors are produced to represent a word.
vector
▪ ClarisWorks also includes a vector graphics and a communications package.
▪ The vector graphics are well-executed, although it takes time for your eyes to adjust to what's going on.
▪ Some computer systems use raster graphics which generally have a lower resolution than the more expensive vector graphics.
▪ Having spent some time loading and editing complicated vector graphics files in CorelDRAW I can vouch for the accuracy of this claim.
vga
▪ The VGA graphics on the opening screens and of the cars themselves are amazing.
▪ Good use of animated VGA graphics and pop-up windows with property information make this a must for fans of the board game.
▪ The VGA graphics used are colourful and in high resolution as you would expect.
▪ The animation, Sound Blaster support and VGA graphics are brilliant.
▪ The VGA graphics are colourful and flicker free and the game itself is quite addictive.
▪ F117A is a fully featured flight simulator with excellent VGA graphics and joystick or keyboard control.
▪ The stunning VGA graphics and optional Sound Blaster support will hold the young user's attention.
▪ Superb VGA graphics make sure that this flight sim is unmissable.
■ VERB
display
▪ It displays simple graphics as well as text.
▪ Web browsers, once limited to displaying text and graphics and downloading files, have created an entirely new element of risk.
include
▪ ClarisWorks also includes a vector graphics and a communications package.
▪ The exhibits will include paintings, graphics, masks, photographs and sculptures by more than 200 prominent and emerging artists nationwide.
▪ Bits to be eliminated from the Quadra are likely to include the on-board 24-bit-colour graphics.
▪ Apple still dominates several computer markets, including graphics and publishing.
▪ It included graphics and the entries from the Echo's special Who's Who in the North publication.
▪ Fresco has borrowed concepts from Adobe PostScript and the Canute text layout system and includes PostScript-like structured graphics.
▪ They include enhancements to graphics, communications, disk and multimedia support.
▪ People also tend to include large graphics in documents intended for printing to paper.
produce
▪ The spreadsheet program can produce graphics and you would like to put these graphics into your electronic publishing system.
▪ As well as typed text, they can produce large headings and graphics.
▪ It all started several years ago when Matthew was commissioned to produce a graphics pattern for the film processing industry.
support
▪ The program supports all graphics standards and does not require a hard disk.
▪ As a result, it is claimed to support high-performance graphics that currently require more expensive technical workstations.
use
▪ This takes place on a planet's surface using solid 3D graphics.
▪ But you can use photos or graphics from any source, including images downloaded from the World Wide Web.
▪ This allows the device to be used for graphics scanning as well.
▪ Local bus is most often used to improve graphics performance.
▪ It comes bundled with Windows 3.1, and a proprietary front-end, which uses graphics to depict the various functions provided.
▪ A full-length GA-300 video card is fitted using the S3 86C911 graphics accelerator.
▪ If you use graphics that people have seen on other Web sites, it makes your site look tired and uninspired.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A full-length GA-300 video card is fitted using the S3 86C911 graphics accelerator.
▪ But sometimes it takes many hits to download one Web page, especially if the page is loaded with graphics.
▪ Earlier this month, the company unveiled technology for improving the quality of graphics on the World Wide Web.
▪ It comes bundled with Windows 3.1, and a proprietary front-end, which uses graphics to depict the various functions provided.
▪ News itself became more entertaining, and technologies enabling better graphics and presentation made features more attractive.
▪ The Web allows almost anyone on the Internet to produce online documents that combine text, graphics, audio and video clips.
▪ There are many software packages available which have graphics facilities.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Graphics

Graphics \Graph"ics\, n. The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
graphics

1889, in reference to the use of diagrams, from graphic; also see -ics. Layout and typography sense attested from 1960; of computers by 1966.

Wiktionary
graphics

n. 1 The making of architectural or design drawings. 2 The graphic arts. 3 (context computing English) The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data. 4 (context computing English) The art or visual representations displayed by a computer.

WordNet
graphics
  1. n. photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" [syn: artwork, art, nontextual matter]

  2. the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book

Wikipedia
Graphics

Graphics (from Greek ''graphikos', 'something written' e.g. autograph) are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage it includes: pictorial representation of data, as in computer-aided design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational software. Images that are generated by a computer are called computer graphics.

Examples are photographs, drawings, Line art, graphs, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings, or other images. Graphics often combine text, illustration, and color. Graphic design may consist of the deliberate selection, creation, or arrangement of typography alone, as in a brochure, flyer, poster, web site, or book without any other element. Clarity or effective communication may be the objective, association with other cultural elements may be sought, or merely, the creation of a distinctive style.

Graphics can be functional or artistic. The latter can be a recorded version, such as a photograph, or an interpretation by a scientist to highlight essential features, or an artist, in which case the distinction with imaginary graphics may become blurred.

Graphics (album)

Graphics is a live solo album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1977 and first released on the Swiss HatHut label.

Usage examples of "graphics".

And I could read some albums for half an hour and just look at the graphics.

The copilot watched the red and green graphics as the computer fed Stonecypher cardiotonic drugs, mechanically seeking to stave off irreversible shock.

Cine feeds, or simple stationary graphics, could be digitally posted on such a wall just as posters and handbills had been in olden times.

His full-coverage, dark-visored helmet incorporated a radio, a gyrostabilized laser designator, a thermal imaging camera and an image intensifier, with a visor screen for the projection of data from his video systems as well as computer graphics and aiming marks for his weapons.

The rolling data stream fluttered by as a pointless jabberwocky of drunken, jumbled graphics and erratic, haphazard numbers.

The camera pans to the right as a graphics box appears over Johns left shoulder.

Targeting graphics slid around the scene on semiautonomous seeker mode, hunting for any conceivable threat.

They used tagboards with digital photos and computer comparison charts and probability charts and graphics that would have made Disney weep.

A primitive DI had catalogued the rest of the collection, billions of gigabytes of print, graphics, audio, video, and VR files.

Guidance graphics told her there was another twelve metres to go before she reached the junction she wanted.

A set of inexpensive televised debates, each perhaps an hour long, with a computer graphics budget for each side provided by the producers, rigorous standards of evidence required by the moderator, and the widest range of topics broached.

It was an honor to be here and he had prepared for weeks, rehearsing with Channing, tailoring his viewgraphs, making up four-color computer graphics to show sinuous flows and ruby-red plasma currents.

No odors, no fluids, just images on TV monitors, tracings on oscilloscopes, graphics on their Calyx workstations, and the occasional disembodied sound effect coming out of a speaker.

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The flight computer had reduced the external combat arena to neat ordered graphics which buffeted against priority metabolic warnings.