bitmap

or bit map

[bit-map]

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.

Related formsbit·mapped, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for bitmap

bitmap

noun computing

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

verb -maps, -mapping or -mapped

(tr) to create a bitmap of

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Word Origin and History for bitmap

1973, in computer jargon, from bit (n.2) + map. Literally, a map of bits.

bitmap in Science

bitmap

[bĭt′măp′]

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.