May 15, 2003

raster blaster

n.

[Cambridge] Specialized hardware for bitblt operations (a blitter). Allegedly inspired by ‘Rasta Blasta’, British slang for the sort of portable stereo Americans call a ‘boom box’ or ‘ghetto blaster’.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:33 AM

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