A function of the process of tracing around a bitmap image to create an outline comprised of line segments, or vectors.

See raster/vector conversion.

Process of taking raster based images and drawing (or automatically tracing) outlines closely conforming to the shapes of those images. Outlines become vector-based images and, for engraving, tool paths. Vectorization is the process used for taking images brought into a computer through scanning and making such art engravable.

Adaptation of a computer program to take advantage of vector processing capacity.

An optimization technique that replaces eligible program loops that operate on arrays with calls to specially tuned routines that perform the same operation.

Reorganization of a program so the compiler can utilize vector hardware.

A form of parallel processing that uses instruction segmenting and vector registers.

Vectorization, in computer science, is the process of converting a computer program from a scalar implementation, which does an operation on a pair of operands at a time, to a vectorized program where a single instruction can perform multiple operations on a pair of vector (series of adjacent values) operands. Vector processing is a major feature of both conventional and modern supercomputers.

In mathematics, especially in linear algebra and matrix theory, the vectorization of a matrix is a linear transformation which converts the matrix into a column vector.