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Sometimes abbreviated as AA, Anti-aliasing is a term used to describe the software process of making the edges of graphic objects or fonts smoother by adding additional pixels in-between the edges of an object and its background.
In the example image to the right, we show a zoomed-in and non-zoomed 'e' without antialiasing (top) and with antialiasing (bottom). As can be clearly seen, in the top example the edges appear to be jagged without antialiasing when using a bitmap font. Programs that support text antialiasing have an option that can be checked or selected to enable antialiasing.
An AA filter or anti-aliasing filter is a filter used before a signal sampler, to restrict the bandwidth of a signal to approximately satisfy the sampling theorem. In the case of optical image sampling, as by image sensors in digital cameras, the anti-aliasing filter is also known as an AA filter, blur filter, or optical lowpass filter.
The AA filter removes information that cannot be recorded "correctly" by the sensor. It is an extra layer on top of the sensor that reduces the image quality in order to remove certain undesired artifacts. If you remove the AA filter, the drawback is that you can get moire patterns in certain situations.
In computer graphics, anti-aliasing improves the appearance of polygon edges, so they are not "jagged" but are smoothed out on the screen.
Also see: Alias, Bitmap font, Display definitions, Font, Pixel, Pixelated, Typography terms
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