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Repetitive computer image? A lot of uproar about source of this line (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fractal

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'repetitive computer image? a lot' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'uproar about source of this line' is the wordplay.
'uproar' becomes 'fract' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'source of' suggests taking the first letters (the start - or source - of the word).
'this line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
The initial letter of 'about' is 'a'.
'fract'+'a'+'l'='FRACTAL'

'of' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for fractal that I've seen before include "curious figure" , "Geometric shape exhibiting same characteristic at every scale" , "Strange surface" .)

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