Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of
computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography,
film, video games, digital art, cell phone and computer displays, and many
specialized applications. A great deal of specialized hardware and software
has been developed, with the displays of most devices being driven by computer
graphics hardware. It is a vast and recently developed area of computer
science. The phrase was coined in 1960 by computer graphics researchers Verne
Hudson and William Fetter of Boeing. It is often abbreviated as CG, or
typically in the context of film as computer generated imagery (CGI). The non-
artistic aspects of computer graphics are the subject of computer science
research.