Dictionary

bitmap en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪtˌmæp/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From bit + map.

Meanings

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. 2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus, page 315:

Forms

Coordinates

vector

Synonyms

pixmap · raster

Translations (29)

is punktafylki (a series of bits) · pl bitmapa (a series of bits) · pl mapa bitowa (a series of bits) · ja ビットマップ (a series of bits) · fi bittikartta (a series of bits) · bg битова карта (a series of bits) · sv bitmappsbild (a series of bits) · ko 비트맵 (a series of bits) · de Rastergrafik (a series of bits) · yue 點陣 /点阵 (a series of bits) · nl rasterafbeelding (a series of bits) · cmn 點陣 /点阵 (a series of bits) · mi maheremoka (a series of bits) · el δυφιοαπεικόνιση (a series of bits) · nl bitmap (a series of bits) · es mapa de bits (a series of bits) · de Bitmap (a series of bits) · ru растровое изображе́ние (a series of bits) · ru битовая ка́рта (a series of bits) · eo rastero (a series of bits) · is bitakort (a series of bits) · de Binärbild (a series of bits) · cs bitmapa (a series of bits) · de Pixelgrafik (a series of bits) · fr image matricielle (a series of bits) · sv bitmapp (a series of bits) · is punktamynd (a series of bits) · eo rastrumo (a series of bits) · he מַפַּת סִבִּיּוֹת (a series of bits)