Meaning & use
artifacting
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The appearance of unwanted visual or audio distortions in digital media, typically caused by compression or signal errors.
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The video started showing heavy artifacting whenever the internet connection slowed down.
Compression artifacting is especially visible around sharp edges in low-quality images.
A note on using this word
Comes from "artifact" (an unwanted extra element); mainly technical jargon used in photography, video, and audio engineering.
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glitchingdistortion
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