bitmap

bitmap

See also: bit-map and bit map

English

Alternative forms

• bit map
• bit-map

Etymology

bit +‎ map

Noun

bitmap (plural bitmaps)

1. (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