bitmap

See also: bit-map and bit map

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

bit +‎ map

Noun

bitmap (plural bitmaps)

(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.
Synonyms: pixmap, raster
- 2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus, page 315:
  Using the hardware blitter to move bitmaps from VRAM to VRAM is much faster than moving them from system memory to VRAM.

Translations

a series of bits

Chinese:
Cantonese: 點陣, 点阵 (dim² zan⁶)

Mandarin: 點陣 (zh), 点阵 (zh) (diǎnzhèn)
Czech: bitmapa f
French: image matricielle (fr) f
German: Rastergrafik f, Pixelgrafik f, Binärbild n, Bitmap f
Greek: δυφιοαπεικόνιση (el) (dyfioapeikónisi)

Icelandic: bitakort n, punktamynd f, punktafylki n
Japanese: ビットマップ (bittomappu)
Maori: maheremoka
Polish: bitmapa f
Russian: битовая ка́рта f (bitovaja kárta), растровое изображе́ние m (rastrovoje izobražénije)
Spanish: mapa de bits
Swedish: bitmappsbild (sv) c, bitmapp c

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