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hot pixel
  پیکسل ِ داغ  
piksel-e dâq
Fr.: pixel chaud  

Of a → CCD detector, a pixel that has higher charge loss. Hot pixels are a type of noise affecting almost every CCD camera. They are caused by small contamination or production faults in the CCD sensor area.

See also: → hot; → pixel.