McFarland said simply it was "in use at the time" (circa 1963). The concept of a "picture element" dates to the earliest days of television, for example as "Bildpunkt" (the German word for pixel, literally 'picture point') in the 1888 German patent of Paul Nipkow.
patents filed as early as 1911. Some authors explain pixel as picture cell, as early as 1972.
According to various etymologies, the earliest publication of the term picture element itself was in Wireless World magazine in 1927, though it had been used earlier in various U.S.
The word pix appeared in Variety magazine headlines in 1932, as an abbreviation for the word pictures, in reference to movies.
By 1938, "pix" was being used in reference to still pictures by photojournalists. The word "pixel" was first published in 1965 by Frederic C.
An archaic British word meaning "possession by spirits (pixies)", the term has been used to describe the animation process since the early 1950s; various animators, including Norman McLaren and Grant Munro, are credited with popularizing it. ==Technical== thought of as the smallest single component of a digital image.
McFarland said simply it was "in use at the time" (circa 1963). The concept of a "picture element" dates to the earliest days of television, for example as "Bildpunkt" (the German word for pixel, literally 'picture point') in the 1888 German patent of Paul Nipkow.
By 1938, "pix" was being used in reference to still pictures by photojournalists. The word "pixel" was first published in 1965 by Frederic C.
patents filed as early as 1911. Some authors explain pixel as picture cell, as early as 1972.
Even higher dpi numbers, such as the 4800 dpi quoted by printer manufacturers since 2002, do not mean much in terms of achievable resolution. The more pixels used to represent an image, the closer the result can resemble the original.
In August 2019, Xiaomi released Redmi Note 8 Pro as the world's first smartphone with 64 MP camera.
On December 12, 2019 Samsung released Samsung A71 with also a 64 MP camera.
In late 2019, Xiaomi announced the first camera phone with 108MP 1/1.33-inch across sensor.
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