bitmap

See also: bit-map and bit map

English

Alternative forms

• bit map, bit-map

Etymology

From bit +‎ map.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtˌmæp/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

bitmap (plural bitmaps)

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Raster graphics

Wikipedia

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

   Synonyms: pixmap, raster

   Coordinate term: vector

   • 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

Bulgarian: битова карта (bg) f (bitova karta) Chinese: Cantonese: 點陣 / 点阵 (yue) (dim2 zan6) Mandarin: 點陣 / 点阵 (zh) (diǎnzhèn) Czech: bitmapa (cs) f Dutch: rasterafbeelding (nl) f, bitmap (nl) m or f Esperanto: rastrumo (eo), rastero (eo) Finnish: bittikartta (fi) French: image matricielle (fr) f German: Rastergrafik (de) f, Pixelgrafik (de) f, Binärbild (de) n, Bitmap (de) f Greek: δυφιοαπεικόνιση (el) (dyfioapeikónisi) Hebrew: מַפַּת סִבִּיּוֹת (he) f (mapát sibiyót) Icelandic: bitakort (is) n, punktamynd (is) f, punktafylki (is) n Japanese: ビットマップ (ja) (bittomappu) Korean: 비트맵 (ko) (biteumaep) Maori: maheremoka (mi) Polish: bitmapa (pl) f, mapa bitowa (pl) f Russian: битовая ка́рта (ru) f (bitovaja kárta), растровое изображе́ние (ru) m (rastrovoje izobražénije) Spanish: mapa de bits (es) m Swedish: bitmappsbild (sv) c, bitmapp (sv) c