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bitmaps

bitmaps is the plural 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

Questions about bitmaps

What is bitmaps the plural of?
Bitmaps is the plural of bitmap.

Words near bitmaps in the dictionary

  1. BitLocking
  2. BitLocks
  3. bitmap
  4. bitmapped
  5. bitmapping
  6. bitmaps
  7. bitmask
  8. bitmasked
  9. bitmasking
  10. bitmasks
  11. Bitmead

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