GIS Dictionary

[hardware] A computer hardware architecture in which, within a multibyte numeric representation, the most significant byte has the lowest address and the remaining bytes are encoded in decreasing order of … Read more

[graphics map display] A method for displaying graphics associated with features in a three-dimensional map display by posting them vertically as two-dimensional symbols and orienting them to always face the … Read more

[computing] In computing, having only two states, such as yes or no, on or off, true or false, or 0 or 1.

[computing] A file that contains data encoded as a sequence of bits (ones and zeros) instead of plain text. A binary file, such as a DLL or an executable file, … Read more

[programming] In computer programming, the process by which a program discovers an object’s methods and properties.

[statistics] A distribution describing the probability of obtaining exactly K successes in N independent trials, where each trial results in either a success or a failure.

The study of the geographical distribution of living things.

The total amount of organic matter in a defined area; usually refers to vegetation.

[computing] The smallest unit of information within a computer. A bit can have one of two values, 1 and 0, that can represent on and off, yes and no, or … Read more

[data structures] The range of values that a particular raster format can store, based on the formula 2n. An 8-bit depth dataset can store 256 unique values.

An image format in which one or more bits represent each pixel on the screen. The number of bits per pixel determines the shades of gray or number of colors … Read more