blit
/blit/ 1. To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computer' s mem ORy to another part, particularly when the mem ORy is being used to determine what is shown on a display screen. "The st ORage allocat OR picks through the table and copies the good parts up into high mem ORy, and then blits it all back down again." See bitblt, BLT, dd, cat, blast, snarf. M ORe generally, to perf ORm some operation (such 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 commercialised as the AT&T 5620. (The folk etymology from "Bell Labs Intelligent Terminal" is inc ORrect. Its creat ORs liked to claim that "Blit" stood f OR the Bacon, Lettuce, and Interactive 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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