Vector graphics rendering, sometimes abbreviated VML,
refers to scalable vector graphics (SVG) used in Web pages. This feature
came into widespread use with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.
Vector graphics formats offer advantages over traditional bitmap formats
such as GIF or JPG. Perhaps most significant is the fact that with certain
types of imagery, vector graphics files are much smaller, in terms of the
number of bytes they contain, than bitmap files of the same objects with
similar detail. This makes Web pages load faster. Another asset of vector
graphics is the fact that they can be easily scaled without loss of image
resolution.
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