object-oriented graphics


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object-oriented graphics

[¦äb‚jekt ‚ȯr·ē‚en·təd ′graf·iks]
(computer science)
vector graphics
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

object-oriented graphics

The representation of digital images as points, lines and other geometric entities. Object-oriented graphics is officially known as "vector graphics" and has nothing to do with object technology and object-oriented programming. See vector graphics.
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One object-oriented graphics application interface is Ardent's Dore (Dynamic Object-Oriented Environment), which was written to accommodate the Ardent mini-supercomputer's closely coupled computational and graphics data architecture.
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