Bitmap

//ˈbɪtˌmæp// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.

    "Using the hardware blitter to move bitmaps from VRAM to VRAM is much faster than moving them from system memory to VRAM."

  2. 2
    an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels wordnet

Synonyms

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electronic imagepixmappixmapraster

Example

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"Using the hardware blitter to move bitmaps from VRAM to VRAM is much faster than moving them from system memory to VRAM."

Etymology

From bit + map.

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