@BrodieOnLinux I am 36 years old I have been using...

@BrodieOnLinux
I am 36 years old
I have been using computers since I was 8 (Basic and then QBasic)
I just found out that pixel is short for picture element 🤓
Now I wonder what voxel is the short form of.

Like 26 July at 5:57 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org

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PaleRider

@Mehrad
Voxel is the three-dimensional counterpart to a pixel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voxel
@BrodieOnLinux

26 July at 6:02 | Open on mastodon.online

Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats:

@PaleRider
Yes, I've also read that first paragraph of Wikipedia as well, but the question was where did the word "voxel" come from. It was also joke extension on what @BrodieOnLinux posted (to which I replied and wrote that post)😉

But if you are actually looking for an answer, the etymology of voxel is vo(lume) + (pi)xel

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voxel

26 July at 6:15 | Open on fosstodon.org

Pierric

@Mehrad @PaleRider @BrodieOnLinux Im 41 years old, and I've been using computers since I was 8. I'm old enough to have known back in the day what pixel stands for, and then forgotten it until today.

26 July at 6:19 | Open on mastodon.green

PaleRider

@Mehrad
Ah damn, I didn't get the joke and also didn't even think to write out the explanation. I really should properly read my own toots and the ones I'm responding to...
@BrodieOnLinux