Texton
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A basic microcomponent of an image that may be recognised visually before the entire image is.
- 2 A string of text that acts like a variable, from which the scriptons of a dynamic text are assembled.
"A hypertext such as Afternoon (Joyce 1990) will have a fixed number of scriptons (and textons), while the game Adventure (Crowther and Woods 1976) will have a fixed set of textons but a variable number of scriptons (texton cominations), determined by the progress of the play. In a MUD, where other concurrent users can type in anything, the number of textons is not known."
Example
More examples"A hypertext such as Afternoon (Joyce 1990) will have a fixed number of scriptons (and textons), while the game Adventure (Crowther and Woods 1976) will have a fixed set of textons but a variable number of scriptons (texton cominations), determined by the progress of the play. In a MUD, where other concurrent users can type in anything, the number of textons is not known."
Etymology
From texture + -on.
From text + -on.
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