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A vector is basically anything that's defined by a path or a shape instead of a bitmap. That means you can resize it up to whatever recockulous resolution without any degradation in picture quality because the paths and shapes stay the same relative to each other, unlike with a bitmap which gets blurrier and blurrier the bigger you make it as the pixels get spread out.
As for how you use the pen tool, you basically use it to draw curves smoothly by setting anchor points and then manipulating them with the mouse. Unlike the pencil and brush, anything you draw with the pen becomes a vector and you can choose whether you want to draw shapes or paths. If you draw paths, you basically set anchor points along the middle of the line, tweak them to adjust the curves and then "stroke" it with a paintbrush to make it visible. If you draw shapes, you work your way around the outside of a line, set anchor points to control the curves and then adjust them to line up with the curves. Shapes look better because you can vary the line thickness while paths must all be the same thickness, but paths are MUCH faster and easier to draw.
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