bitmap

See also: bit-map and bit map

English

Alternative forms

• bit map, bit-map

Etymology

bit +‎ map

Noun

bitmap (plural bitmaps)

1. (computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.

   Synonyms: pixmap, raster

   Coordinate term: vector

   • 2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus, page 315:

     Using the hardware blitter to move bitmaps from VRAM to VRAM is much faster than moving them from system memory to VRAM.

Translations

a series of bits

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 點陣／点阵 (dim² zan⁶)

  Mandarin: 點陣／点阵 (zh) (diǎnzhèn)

• Czech: bitmapa f
• Dutch: rasterafbeelding f, bitmap (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: rastrumo, rastero
• French: image matricielle (fr) f
• German: Rastergrafik f, Pixelgrafik f, Binärbild n, Bitmap f
• Greek: δυφιοαπεικόνιση (el) (dyfioapeikónisi)
• Icelandic: bitakort n, punktamynd f, punktafylki n
• Japanese: ビットマップ (bittomappu)
• Maori: maheremoka
• Polish: bitmapa f, mapa bitowa f
• Russian: битовая ка́рта f (bitovaja kárta), растровое изображе́ние m (rastrovoje izobražénije)
• Spanish: mapa de bits
• Swedish: bitmappsbild (sv) c, bitmapp c