graphics

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The making of drawings in accordance with the rules of mathematics, as in engineering or architecture.
• noun Calculations, as of structural stress, from such drawings.
• noun The pictorial representation and manipulation of data, as used in computer-aided design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational programs.
• noun The process by which a computer displays data pictorially.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The art of drawing, particularly of precise mechanical drawing, as of architectural and engineering plans.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The making of architectural or design drawings.
• noun The graphic arts.
• noun computing The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book
• noun photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication