bit map

bit map definition - telecom
A data structure that represents image information as a collection of bits organized into a grid of rows and columns that translate into pixels (i.e., color dots) for display or printing. See also bit and pixel.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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