Rasterisation
PROCESS OF DESCRIBING AN IMAGE IN TERMS OF A PIXEL OR VOXEL GRID (NAMED AFTER THE LATIN WORD FOR RAKE, AS THE PICTURE/VOLUMETRIC ELEMENTS ARE USUALLY ARRANGED IN LINES LIKE THOSE PRODUCED BY A RAKE)
Rasterization; Rasterised; Rasterize; Rasterized; Vector to raster; Rasterizing; Rasterizer; Raster project; Rasterise; Triangle rasterization; Rasterization algorithm
In computer graphics, rasterisation (British English) or rasterization (American English) is the task of taking an image described in a vector graphics format (shapes) and converting it into a raster image (a series of pixels, dots or lines, which, when displayed together, create the image which was represented via shapes). The rasterized image may then be displayed on a computer display, video display or printer, or stored in a bitmap file format.