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The Word 'Pixel' Was First Printed in 1965 at JPL

Original: The Word "Pixel" Was First Printed in 1965 by a JPL Engineer Processing Space-Probe Photos https:// lockergnome.com/pixe

The word 'pixel' appeared in print for the first time in 1965, coined by an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California who worked on processing digital images sent back by early space probes. The story traces the vocabulary of digital imaging back to America's first planetary missions, a detail that has drawn fresh interest from technology and space-history enthusiasts.

Why now: People enjoy tech-history trivia linking everyday computing language to the space race.

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• The Word "Pixel" Was First Printed in 1965 by a JPL Engineer Processing Space-Probe Photos https:// lockergnome.com/pixel-word-fir st-published-1965-jpl-space-probe-photos/ # pixel # jpl # nasa # tech · ChrisPirillo · 2

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