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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bitblt</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="bit-paired-keyboard.html" title="bit-paired keyboard"/><link rel="next" href="bits.html" title="bits"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bitblt</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bit-paired-keyboard.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bits.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bitblt"/><dt xmlns="" id="bitblt"><b>bitblt</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/bit´blit/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from <a href="BLT.html"><i class="glossterm">BLT</i></a>, q.v.:]</p></dd><dd><p> 1. [common] Any of a family of closely related algorithms for moving
and copying rectangles of bits between main and display memory on a
bit-mapped device, or between two areas of either main or display memory
(the requirement to do the <a href="../R/Right-Thing.html"><i class="glossterm">Right Thing</i></a> in the case
of overlapping source and destination rectangles is what makes BitBlt
tricky). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Synonym for <a href="blit.html"><i class="glossterm">blit</i></a> or
<a href="BLT.html"><i class="glossterm">BLT</i></a>. Both uses are borderline techspeak.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bit-paired-keyboard.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="bits.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bit-paired keyboard </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bits</td></tr></table></div></body></html>