Glossary definition(s) for: render
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v., To draw a real-world object as it actually appears.
[ Computer and Information Sciences - The Computer Glossary: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary ]
Freedman, Alan. The Computer Glossary: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary. 8th ed. New York: American Management Association, 1998.
Dictionary definition(s) for: render
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v., To draw a real-world object as it actually appears.
[ Computer and Information Sciences - The Computer Glossary: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary ]
Freedman, Alan. The Computer Glossary: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary. 8th ed. New York: American Management Association, 1998.
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v., The conversion of a high-level object-based description into a graphical image for display.
For example, ray-tracing takes a mathematical model of a three-dimensional object or scene and converts it into a bitmap image. Another example is the process of converting HTML into an image for display to the user.
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