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VECTOR SCOPE [1 record]

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Record 1 1988-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Display Technology
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A device that produces images made up not of pixels but of lines drawn by an electron beam on a CRT screen. (High Technology, June 1984).

CONT

graphics: the use of the computer for drawing lines under complete program control, or the attachment of a vector scope and light pen on-line to the computer, enables the user and the computer to interact and jointly draw pictures on the face of the scope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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