Graphics saved in ready-to-use computer files These are normally vector illustrations and not photographic images
Images that can be brought into presentation applications and edited or used as is You can obtain additional images, including some in bitmap format, from commercial suppliers
Images that are available for use on computers Companies have begun to sell collections of ClipArt that may be useful in business, etc documents
Clip art refers to vector based graphics These graphic files describe the picture as a collection of lines, curves and dots These file formats are preferable to bit-mapped images, because their size can be made larger or smaller, without any loss in quality The downside of vector formats, is that it can be quite difficult to describe certain types of photographs using only lines and curves These images result in difficult, complicated files and most of the benefits of vector formats are lost Compare to Bitmap images