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bit-mapped font

American

noun

Digital Technology.

a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.

Etymology

Origin of bit-mapped font

First recorded in 1985–90; bit ³ ( def. ) + -mapped ( def. ) + font ² ( def. )

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