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pixel
Pixel is actually two words combined - "Picture" and "Element." Pixels are tiny samples of video information, the "little squares" that "add up" to an entire picture. A pixel is the smallest area of a television picture capable of being sampled and transmitted through a system, and displayed on a monitor.
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