Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery was an image created with the aid of a computer.

In 2364, William T. Riker referred to a holographic re-creation of the Bourbon Street Bar on the holodeck as a computer-generated gin joint. Despite the holographic Minuet being a computer-generated image, her smell, touch, the way she felt, and even the things she said and thought seemed so real to Riker. ()

In 2365 during a battle simulation, the crew of the  convinced the 's sensors that an enemy ship approached. The computer successfully projected a false image of a Romulan warbird onto the Enterprise-D's main viewscreen. ()

In 2366, sensors aboard the  USS Enterprise-D incorrectly indicated that a Borg vessel fired energy weapons at the ship, and it was soon discovered that no such vessel was there. Lieutenant Commander Data postulated that it had been a synthetically generated image. ()

The 32nd century hologram  was computer-generated and not modeled after anyone. ()

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Computer technology