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Blitter vs Blit - What's the difference?

blitter | blit | Derived terms |

Blitter is a derived term of blit.


As a noun blitter

is (computing) a software or hardware mechanism that blits.

As a verb blit is

to puke, to barf.

blitter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) A software or hardware mechanism that blits.
  • * 1986 , InfoWorld (volume 8, number 49, 8 December 1986, page 46)
    • 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

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    blit

    English

    (Bitblt)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A logical operation in which a block of data is rapidly moved or copied in memory, most commonly used to animate two-dimensional graphics.

    • Verb

  • (computing) To transfer by a blit operation.

    • Derived terms

    * blittable * blitter