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Texture Mapping
Texture Mapping is a process used in 3D games
(and other applications which involve rendering).
In Texture Mapping bitmap images
("textures") are drawn on the polygons which underlie
the 3D world. For example, a bitmap containing an image of bricks might be scaled/sized to cover
the surface of a maze's wall.
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