May 15, 2003

blitter

/blit´r/ n.

[common] A special-purpose chip or hardware system built to perform blit operations, esp. used for fast implementation of bit-mapped graphics. The Commodore Amiga and a few other micros have these, but since 1990 the trend has been away from them (however, see cycle of reincarnation). Syn. raster blaster.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:57 AM

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