satya - Mon Jul 23 2012 15:32:42 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

A fragment is a synonym for a pixel in opengl.

A fragment is a synonym for a pixel in opengl.

satya - Mon Jul 23 2012 15:33:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

fragment shaders are also called pixel shaders

fragment shaders are also called pixel shaders

satya - Mon Jul 23 2012 15:33:45 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Is pixel same as a vertex? No!

If three vertices define a triangle, then the pixels are on the surface of the triangle.

satya - Fri Aug 31 2012 14:54:56 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Read this how a fragment becomes a pixel

Read this how a fragment becomes a pixel

satya - Fri Aug 31 2012 14:56:27 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

To quote from there

Each fragment has coordinate data which corresponds to a pixel, as well as color and depth values