blit /blit/ vt.
1. [common] To copy a large array of
bits from one part of a computer's memory to another part,
particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is
shown on a display screen. "The storage allocator picks through
the table and copies the good parts up into high memory, and then
blits it all back down again." See bitblt, BLT,
dd, cat, blast, snarf
1. [common] To copy a large array of
bits from one part of a computer's memory to another part,
particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is
shown on a display screen. "The storage allocator picks through
the table and copies the good parts up into high memory, and then
blits it all back down again." See bitblt, BLT,
dd, cat, blast, snarf
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of a computer's memory to another part,
particularly when the memory is being used to determine... - What is a bit blit?
This is a transfer of pixels (dots) from one location
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[from BLT, q.v.]
1. [common] Any of a family of closely related algorithms for
moving and copying rectangles of bits between main and display
memory on a bit-mapped device,
or between two areas of either main or display memory... - BLT /B-L-T/, /bl*t/ or (rarely) /belt/ n.,vt.
Synonym
for blit.
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