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bit-map

bit-map is the alternative spelling of bitmap.

Meaning of bitmap

Noun

bitmap (plural bitmaps)

  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
    Synonyms:
    pixmap, raster

Forms of bit-map

pluralbit-maps

Questions about bit-map

What is bit-map the alternative spelling of?
Bit-map is the alternative spelling of bitmap.

Words near bit-map in the dictionary

  1. bit-count integrity
  2. bit-depth
  3. bit-depths
  4. bit-faker
  5. bit-fakers
  6. bit-map
  7. bit-maps
  8. Bit-os
  9. bit-paired
  10. bit-shift
  11. bit-shifted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bit-map (page history and authors); bitmap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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