blit
/blit/ 1. To Copy a large array of bits from one part of a Computer' s memory to another part, parti Cularly when the memory is being used to determine what is shown on a display s Creen. "The storage allo Cator pi Cks through the table and Copies the good parts up into high memory, and then blits it all ba Ck down again." See bitblt, BLT, dd, Cat, blast, snarf. More generally, to perform some operation (su Ch as toggling) on a large array of bits while moving them. 2. Sometimes all- Capitalised as "BLIT": an early experimental bit-mapped terminal designed by Rob Pike at Bell Labs, later Commer Cialised as the AT&T 5620. (The folk etymology from "Bell Labs Intelligent Terminal" is in Corre Ct. Its Creators liked to Claim that "Blit" stood for the Ba Con, Lettu Ce, and Intera Ctive Tomato). [ Jargon File] (1994-11-16) In addition suitable Contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ app ] [ ar ] [ arC ] [ arg ] [ array ] [ as ] [ AT ] [ at ] [ AT&T ] [ B ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ be ] [ Bell ] [ Bell Labs ] [ bi ] [ bit ] [ bitblt ] [ blast ] [ BLT ] [ bs ] [ by ] [ Ca ] [ Cat ] [ Ch ] [ Ci ] [ Ck ] [ Cl ] [ Co ] [ Com ] [ Computer ] [ Con ] [ Cr ] [ Cu ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ design ] [ display ] [ do ] [ down ] [ du ] [ eC ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ ga ] [ ge ] [ gen ] [ gh ] [ gl ] [ gn ] [ gy ] [ h ] [ hat ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inC ] [ int ] [ io ] [ is ] [ IT ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ ke ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lk ] [ lt ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ map ] [ memory ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ na ] [ nC ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ no ] [ ogg ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ perf ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ py ] [ query ] [ rC ] [ re ] [ rl ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ sC ] [ sCreen ] [ se ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ sig ] [ sn ] [ snarf ] [ so ] [ st ] [ storage ] [ su ] [ T ] [ table ] [ terminal ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tt ] [ ug ] [ up ] [ us ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ while ]
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