flood fill

English

Recursive flood fill with four directions

Noun

flood fill (plural flood fills)

1. (computer graphics) A means of filling a discrete area with colour, based on colouring every pixel that can be recursively reached from a starting point.

   Synonym: seed fill

Verb

flood fill (third-person singular simple present flood fills, present participle flood filling, simple past and past participle flood filled)

1. (computer graphics, transitive) To fill (an area) in this manner.