How can we zoom literally unlimited on vector graphics but it gets pixelated in rastor

Question

I am trying to understand the process or logic behind unlimited zoom in vector and why is it missing from rastor

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Answer 1

You know those little bright dots you see in the sky at night time? All of them are very far away. Some of them are more far away than others, but all of them are far enough away that they all look the same size in the sky at night regardless of the fact that each star is a different size and different distance away. Stars are like vector graphics.

Raster graphics are more like the moon. Some days the moon is big and bright and close. Some days the moon appears very far away and small. Some days you can only see half of the moon. And some days you don’t see the moon at all. Despite the fact that the moon isn’t actually changing size or shape or moving in any dramatic way like it appears to be.