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blitter
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/blitr/ , n. [common] A special-purpose chip or hardware system built to
perform blit operations, esp. used for fast implementation of bit-mapped
graphics. The Commodore Amiga and a few other micros have these, but since
1990 the trend has been away from them (however, see cycle of reincarnation
). Syn. raster blaster.