If you are still unimpressed by the idea of an SMF then perhaps my last example will please you. The whole idea of an SMF can be…
Tag: Bitmap
In computing, a bitmap is a mapping from some domain (for example, a range of integers) to bits.It is also called a bit array or bitmap index.. As a noun, the term “bitmap” is very often used to refer to a particular bitmapping application: the pix-map, which refers to a map of pixels, where each one may store more than two colors, thus using more than one bit per pixel
The Lost Art of Storage Mapping Function – Part 2
The two-dimensional array SMF is beginning to look a little more interesting but it still nothing more than an…
The Lost Art of Storage Mapping Function – Part 1
You may not have heard of SMFs, Storage Mapping Functions, but you are likely to have used them. They tend to be overlooked because there are more exciting
Scalable Vector Graphics SVG : Need to know
Although the canvas element and object was the big news in HTML5, an old friend in the form of SVG has also joined the ranks of the new technologies. SVG has been…
Vector vs Bitmap
Many photos and Web images are stored in the popular JPEG image forma a format introduced wayback by the Joint Photographic Experts Group. But JPEG images have some limitations; some applications work…