Computer Graphics What computers do.... process, transform, and communicate information Aspects of Communication Origin (where does it come from?) Throughput (how long will it take to get here?) Latency (how long do I have to wait before something happens)? Presentation (what does it look like?) Computer Graphics is... the technology for presenting information
	Lecture 1		Slide 2		6.837 Fall '98

Computer graphics has become the predominant form of computer output. Even the text on most computer screens are "rendered" using computer graphics methods, as opposed to being mechanically transferred onto paper by an inked metal stamp.