Pel vs. Pixel — What's the Difference?

(dated) pixel

In digital imaging, a pixel, pel, or picture element is a smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest addressable element in an all points addressable display device; so it is the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on the screen. Each pixel is a sample of an original image; more samples typically provide more accurate representations of the original.

(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot);

The basic unit of a digital image, representing a single color or level of brightness.

One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.

One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer.

To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels.

(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot);