"bit depth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bit depths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bit depth (plural bit depths)
  1. (computer graphics) The number of bits (binary digits) used to represent the colour of a single pixel. Categories (topical): Computer graphics Translations (computer graphics: the number of bits (binary digits) used to represent the colour of a single pixel): длабочина на бојата (dlabočina na bojata) [feminine] (Macedonian), profundidade de cor [feminine] (Portuguese), bits por píxel [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), разря́дность (razrjádnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)

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