Computer Graphics

Abstract

Computer graphics are visual displays that result from the synthesis of any type of illustration by technologies that wed computer memories and programs with mathematically directed display devices. Using a variety of such technologies, computer graphics have become the most accurate, although not necessarily the fastest or the least expensive, techniques for the display of both large and small amounts of data. It is not an exaggeration to state that computer graphics techniques can be applied to illustrations in every field of scientific or professional knowledge—natural science, engineering, medicine, or management (to name but a few). The displays generated by computer graphics programs can be used informally as working drawings or data presentations; they can also be used formally, either in seminars and briefings, or as finished illustrations ready for publication.