Dot
Dot noun - A small area that is different (as in color) from the main part.
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Nearby Word: dotty
Pixel
Pixel noun - Computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot.
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In it the smallest picture unit wasn't a dot or pixel, but a tiny (usually 8×8) image called a "tile" just like a character in the text mode, only it needn't to represent a letter or digit, and could be of any shape, and they are stored in the part of VRAM called "character memory".
Source: Useful Notes / Video RAM - In 3D Dot Game Heroes, the loading screens are parodies of the artwork to various classic games in the "3D pixel" style of DGH.
Source: Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros." - Easter Egg: Steve Kitchen, the programmer of the Atari 2600 version, had his name appear where the score is by hitting a special target (a one-pixel wide dot) that appeared in the game if you held down the action button to start the game just as you turn on the system.
Source: Video Game / Carnival
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