A pixel, meaning picture element, is a point in a picture comprised of one colour. Pictures are made up of thousands, sometimes millions, of pixels. When these pixels are put together they appear to be connected and make a picture. Depending on the amount of pixels and the quality of the display system the resolution will change. VGA systems display 640 by 480, or about 300,000 pixels. In contrast, SVGA systems display 800 by 600, or 480,000 pixels.
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