Question

Sprites are  _____________

(a) 1-D images

(b) 2-D images

(c) 3-D images

(d) not the image

I have been asked this question in an interview.

Origin of the question is Using Image Sprites & Standardizing Client-Side Templating in portion HTML Images & Web Page Files of HTML

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) 2-D images

For explanation I would say: 2-D images are sprites. Sprite is a big image which is made up of combining small images into one larger image. It is defined by X and Y coordinates. CSS background-position property is used to define the exact position that is to be displayed.