Vector Graphics

• The creation of digital images through a sequence of commands or mathematical statements that place lines and shapes in a given two-dimensional or three-dimensional space.
  
• In vector graphics, the file that results from a graphic artist's work is created and saved as a sequence of vector statements. 
  

• A vector file is sometimes called a geometric file.
• Most images created with tools such as Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw are in the form of vector image files.