Resolution

Resolution is the quality of a computer-represented image or sound, especially concerning its capability to trick the eye (or ear) into perceiving it as a convincing duplicate of the original. In printers, quality is expressed in linear dots per inch (dpi). In soundboards, is expressed through the number of bits used to encode sounds. Resolution determines the amount of sound levels with which recorded sounds must be represented. Higher resolutions ensure greater fidelity to the original sound. Though a resolution of 8 bits is minimally acceptable for voice reproduction, 16-bit is required to reproduce the range of sounds in intricate pieces of music. In graphics, it is measured employing dots per inch (dpi) and color depth (the number of colors that make up the image). In monitors, it is expressed as the number of pixels horizontally and lines vertically onscreen. For example, a color graphics array (CGA) monitor displays fewer lines than a video graphics array (VGA) monitor; therefore, a CGA image appears more jagged than a VGA image.

Technipages Explains Resolution

Resolution is the quality that an image or sound holds. Sound resolutions are measured in bits, in an image, it is measured in pixels, which is sometimes confused as a function of the width and height of the image. It is possible to have a different resolution from the width x height ratio. The higher the resolution of an audio or image, the greater the quality.
High quality sounds resolutions are sounds which have more than 44.1 kHz and exceeds 16-bits, main high-resolution sound qualities are.WAV, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) and MQA (Master Quality Authenticated)
Images with high resolutions are images with nothing lower than 300 pixels per inch (PPI), PPI is the number of pixels in one inch. A printer’s resolution is measured in dots per inch (DPI); the dots are the dots of ink or toner in a message. The lower the DPI of a printer, the less detailed the image printed will, 300 PPI is the recommended image quality for printers.
The monitor of a computer system is made of pixels, and the resolution is measured in pixels which is a function of the width x height format, so a 640 by 480 resolution means the monitor is 480 pixels tall and 640 wide. A pixel is made of three different colors, and they are blue, red, and green.

Common Uses of Resolution

• Resolutions tell either a viewer of pictures or one listening to songs the quality of the media they have
• The higher the resolution of a media file, the higher the quality
• A printers, audio and picture resolution are the determining factors about their quality

Common Misuses of Resolution

• The resolution of a medium does not decide if they are qualitative or not, they are just mere properties
• In sounds, higher resolutions are not in terms of the number of bits and frequency, its dependent on the price the sound was procured.