Marina ONeil's List: Vector and Raster Graphics

There are two kinds of computer graphics: Raster and Vector.
Raster Graphics: A bitmap is basically an array of pixels with values indicating the color. The bitmap sizes are defined in pixels. BMP, TIF, GIF, JPG, PNG and most other graphics formats are raster graphics. Vector Graphics: A vector graphic contains the drawing instructions other than the color value in pixels.It can be easily scaled without losing any characteristics( most likely you will not use the scale feature).