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Record 1 2004-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A continuous-tone image that has only one component. [Information Technology Vocabulary, extract of ISO/IEC 10918-1 (F/E)]

CONT

Black-and-white televisions and photographs typically display grayscale images. Grayscale images consist of black dots, white dots, and gray dots varying in shade between black and white. Grayscale images - also called achromatic images because they lack color - differ from bilevel images that consist of individual dots that are either black or white (or some other dot color pair), but not gray.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Image de nature photographique ne comportant qu'une seule composante. [Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information, extrait de l'ISO/CEI 10918-1 (F/E)]

OBS

achromatique : Indépendant de la couleur.

Spanish

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