bit-mapped
noun
a piece of text, a drawing, etc., represented, as on a computer display, by the activation of certain dots in a rectangular matrix of dots.
Also, bit map.
Related forms
bit·mapped, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | a picture created on a visual display unit where each pixel corresponds to one or more bits in memory, the number of bits per pixel determining the number of available colours |
| —vb , -maps, -mapping, -mapped | |
| 2. | (tr) to create a bitmap of |
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bitmap  (bĭt'māp') Pronunciation Key
Computer Science A set of bits that represents a graphic image. Each bit or group of bits corresponds to a pixel in the image. Optical scanners and fax machines convert text or pictures into bitmaps. |
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