Definitions for jaggiesˈdʒæg iz
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jag•giesˈdʒæg iz(n.pl.)
a jagged, stairstep effect on curved or diagonal lines that are reproduced in low resolution, as on a printout or computer display.
Category: Computers
Origin of jaggies:
1990–95
Wiktionary
jaggies(Noun)
Jagged artifacts in raster graphics, such as those caused by resizing a bitmap image without preserving its aspect ratio.
Origin: jaggy or jagged with diminutive -ie and plural -s.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
jaggies
The ‘stairstep’ effect observable when an edge (esp. a linear edge of very shallow or steep slope) is rendered on a pixel device (as opposed to a vector display).
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