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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>blitter</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="blit.html" title="blit"/><link rel="next" href="blivet.html" title="blivet"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">blitter</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="blit.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="blivet.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="blitter"/><dt xmlns="" id="blitter"><b>blitter</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/blit´r/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] A special-purpose chip or hardware system built to perform
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<a href="blit.html"><i class="glossterm">blit</i></a> operations, esp. used for fast implementation
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of bit-mapped graphics. The Commodore Amiga and a few other micros have
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these, but since 1990 the trend has been away from them (however, see
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<a href="../C/cycle-of-reincarnation.html"><i class="glossterm">cycle of reincarnation</i></a>). Syn.
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<a href="../R/raster-blaster.html"><i class="glossterm">raster blaster</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="blit.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="blivet.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">blit </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> blivet</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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