Pictures, graphics or images are the generic names for files that are created by painting programs on the computer.

A Picture object is a picture window which is used for displaying any output including graphics. The object is associated with numerous methods of the form Picture1. method. Picture objects are dragged from the Visual Basic toolbar onto the the form and are named Picture where each picture window gets a consecutive counter number, {1,2,...}. Oftentimes, authors rename the Picture names by bringing up the properties and setting a new name in the name field.

graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"

a container for a graphic, meaning it could contain any of the graphic classes

an external graphical object you add to a slide to illustrate a point

a window with scrollbars, normally used for application graphics

Any graphic object or graphics file.

A graphics file that can be inserted on a Web page and displayed in a Web browser.

Text Content : A graphic inserted into a rich text object. Pictures are type extensible. Graphics Device Interface (GDI) - Basic Graphics Functions : An object with an original size in twips, that can be stored, restored, and drawn to any graphics context. Concrete picture classes draw in different ways and allow cropping and scaling. Pictures are the basis for doors. See also: door  crop  scalerich text  picture header  picture character

a software feature you use to add a graphic or picture to a document