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Fragment	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
term	O
in	O
computer	O
graphics	O
referring	O
to	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
operations	O
applied	O
to	O
fragments	O
generated	O
by	O
the	O
rasterization	O
operation	O
in	O
the	O
rendering	B-General_Concept
pipeline	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
rendering	O
of	O
computer	O
graphics	O
,	O
the	O
rasterization	O
step	O
takes	O
a	O
primitive	B-Algorithm
,	O
described	O
by	O
its	O
vertex	O
coordinates	O
with	O
associated	O
color	O
and	O
texture	O
information	O
,	O
and	O
converts	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
fragments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
steps	O
are	O
collectively	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
fragment	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
.	O
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