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There are 2 types of graphics and it is very important to understand the difference between them. Bitmap Images

SVG is built on top of XML in order to describe 2D vector capable graphics. XML stands for "Extensible Markup Language". A full description of XML is best suited for a future article since it can be quite technical. To simplify XML, it is similar to HTML but provides greater customization of the tags. HTML is a set of pre-defined tags that are used to describe a web page. XML however, does not pre-define the tags.