Device-independent pixel
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device-independent-pixel-190-8509433
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Device-independent pixel
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A device-independent pixel is a unit of length. A typical use is to allow mobile device software to scale the display of information and user interaction to different screen sizes. The abstraction allows an application to work in pixels as a measurement, while the underlying graphics system converts the abstract pixel measurements of the application into real pixel measurements appropriate to the particular device.
For example, on the Android operating system a device-independent pixel is equiva
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Unit of length on computer displays
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device-independent_pixel
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2023-12-02T13:37:57Z
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