The aim of the research was to analyze documents on the history of digital image in order
to try to identify the main aspects and materials regarding it. This information could be very useful
to define the characteristics of advanced technology for comprehending the evolution of standards
and understand the role of numeric iconography for the diffusion of electronic systems among
academics, architects and artists. We analyzed also the literature on this subject—such as the
invention of some specific terms, such as “pixel”—and the most important reports of the 1950s and
1960s.
