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• bitblt /bit'blit/ n. [from BLT, q.v.] 1. [common] Any of a family of closely related algorithms for moving and copying rectangles of bits between main and display memory on a bit-mapped device
  or between two areas of either main or display memory (the requirement to do the Right Thing in the case of overlapping source and destination rectangles is what makes BitBlt tricky)....
• blit: /blit/ vt. 1. To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computer's memory to another pa
  particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is shown on a display screen....
• BLT: /B-L-T/, /bl*t/ or (rarely) /belt/ n.,vt. Synonym for {blit}.
  This is the original form of {blit} and the ancestor of {bitblt}....
• BLT /B-L-T/, /bl*t/ or (rarely) /belt/ n.,vt. Synonym for blit.
  This is the original form of blit and the ancestor of bitblt....
• blit /blit/ vt. 1. [common] To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computer's memory to another pa
  particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is shown on a display screen....
• What is a bit blit? This is a transfer of pixels (dots) from one location in memory, or on the screen, to another.
  Bit blits are commonly used on bit-map display terminals....
• bit bashing: n. (alt. `bit diddling' or {bit twiddling}) Term used to describe any of several kinds of low-level programming characterized by manipulation of {bit}
  {flag}, {nybble}, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data...
• blitter: /blit'r/ n. A special-purpose chip or hardware system built to perform {blit} operations, esp.
  used for fast implementation of bit-mapped graphics....
• plaid screen: [XEROX PARC] n. A `special effect' that occurs when certain kinds of {memory smash}es overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display.
  The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin....