Wallpaper glossary

An aspect ratio with sixteen units of width for every nine of height.

An image size of 1,920 pixels across and 1,080 down.

A flat anime-style image composed to suggest depth, rather than an interactive three-dimensional scene.

On this site, a wallpaper file measuring 3840 by 2160 pixels.

The relationship between an image's width and height.

Unused screen areas left when an image is fitted without cropping to a differently shaped display.

Positioned with equal space or cropping on opposite edges.

The part of an image removed from view to fit a frame.

A plain-text table format whose records contain fields separated by commas.

The total used as the base when calculating a fraction or percentage.

A share calculated by the site from the qualifying source rows, using its declared denominator.

A scaling choice that covers the screen and crops parts of the image where the shapes differ.

A scaling choice that shows the complete image within the screen, leaving bars where the shapes differ.

The part of a picture that first draws the eye.

The part of a scene that appears nearest the viewer.

The common name for a 1920-by-1080-pixel image or display format.

A soft bright area fading into the surrounding colour.

A gradual transition between colours or shades.

A colour family, such as blue or green.

An orientation wider than it is tall.

The screen shown before unlocking a device, where clocks or widgets can cover part of the wallpaper.

A close view showing fine details of a small subject.

The area of a scene between its foreground and far background.

A picture style using simple subjects, restrained detail and open space.

At the file or screen's own pixel dimensions, without resizing to another pixel count.

A share reported in the source dataset before the site's additional filtering and calculations.

A source-data category that combines resolutions not shown as individual named rows.

The arrangement of shapes and distances that gives a flat picture a sense of depth.

One picture element in the grid forming a digital image.

An orientation taller than it is wide.

A view of an image used to check its subject and composition before downloading or applying it.

Published data that may still be revised by its source.

The pixel dimensions of a digital picture, commonly written as width by height.

The ratio between a displayed image size and its source size.

A record of data at a particular point in time.

A picture area filled with one uniform colour.

Scaling image width and height separately to cover a screen, which can distort proportions.

The site's label for a missing named value, which must not be treated as zero.

Enlarged from a smaller source image; a larger pixel count does not guarantee extra original detail.

The display area reported for a page; it need not match the physical panel's pixel count.