Discuss the various types of computer graphics.

Various types of computer graphics are :-

1. Passive (off-line) computer graphics : The most common example of passive computer graphics is static website, where user has no control over the contents on the monitor. In this, development takes place independently in off-line mode.

2. Interactive computer graphics : In interactive computer graphics, user can interact with the machine as per his requirements. Videogames, dynamic websites, special effects in movies, cartoons are all making use of interactive computer graphic.

Computer graphics can be broadly divided into the following classes :-

1. Business graphics or the broader category of presentation graphics, which refers to graphics, such as bar-charts (also called histograms), pie charts, pictograms (i.e., scaled symbols), x-y charts, etc., used to present quantitative information to inform and convince the audience.

2. Scientific graphics, such as x-y plots, curve fitting, contour plots, system or program flowcharts etc.

3. Scaled drawing, such as architectural representations, drawing of buildings, bridges, and machines.

4. Cartoons and artwork, including advertisements.

5. Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) which are the images that appear on almost all computer screens these days, designed to help the user utilize the software without having to refer to manuals or read a lot of text on the monitor.