blitter
blitter noun: a software or hardware mechanism that blits.
Noun
blitter (plural blitters)
- A software or hardware mechanism that blits.
- Not only is the Amiga blitter fully integrated with and supported by the system as a whole, it also has access to its own direct memory channel […]1986 December 8, InfoWorld, volume 8, number 49, page 46
- 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 of blitter
| plural | blitters |
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Origin of blitter
From blit + -er.
Words formed from blitter
Questions about blitter
- What does blitter mean?
- Blitter means a software or hardware mechanism that blits.
- What part of speech is blitter?
- Blitter is a noun.
- What is the plural of blitter?
- The plural of blitter is blitters.
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