Clip art

clip art

clip art Simple drawings held in digital form on a computer. These items are often supplied in large libraries of files that can easily be incorporated into word processor or presentation graphics documents. They are either supplied as a component of a software package, such as a word processing package, or as a separate product. The individual pictures are often line drawings of a single object, free of background material.

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clip art

clip art Graphic images which can be cut or clipped from a library and placed in a document such as a WEB PAGE. There are a large number of clip art libraries in existence on the Internet; they are useful for users who have no formal design or art training. Many, however, represent the minimum in terms of style and timeliness.

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