Bitmap Definition

bĭtmăp
bitmaps
noun
A set of bits that represents a graphic image, with each bit or group of bits corresponding to a pixel in the image.
American Heritage
A representation of a graphic image, as a letter or number, as a sequence of bits that generates a corresponding pattern of pixels on a video screen.
Webster's New World

(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • electronic image
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other
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.
American Heritage Science
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Other Word Forms of Bitmap

Noun

Singular:
bitmap
Plural:
bitmaps

Origin of Bitmap

Bitmap Sentence Examples

  • This bitmap uses its own memory, so you can destroy the original bitmap without affecting the converted one.

  • Gray lines around the edge of the bitmap An exported bitmap may show gray lines on one or more sides.

  • You can also specify a bitmap and mask file of your own.

  • Here is the code to load a 256 color bitmap into the structure given above.

  • This is asserted in the 16x16 square that is to contain the cursor bitmap.

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Words Starting With

BBIBIT

Words Ending With

PAPMAP

Unscrambles

bitmap

Words Starting With B and Ending With P

Starts With B & Ends With PStarts With BI & Ends With PStarts With B & Ends With AP

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With P