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Dictionary: bit map
or bit·map (bĭt'măp')
n. Computer Science
A set of bits that represents a graphic image, with each bit or group of bits corresponding to a pixel in the image.


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Method by which a display space (such as a graphics image file) is defined, including the colour of each of its pixels (or bits). In effect, a bit-map is an array of binary data representing the values of pixels in an image or display. A GIF is an example of a graphics image file that has a bit-map. When the GIF is displayed on a computer monitor, the computer reads the bit-map to determine which colours to use to "paint" the screen. In a bit-mapped font, each character is defined as a pattern of dots in a bit-map.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
  Synonym: electronic image


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bitmap
v. tr. - inddele i bitmaps

Français (French)
n. - (Comput) image bitmap
v. tr. - (Comput) faire une image bitmap

Deutsch (German)
n. - (EDV) Bitmuster
v. - (Comp) ein Bitmuster machen oder kontrollieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Η/Υ) χάρτης δυαδικών ψηφίων (για την απεικόνιση γραμματοσειρών)

Italiano (Italian)
unità di memoria elettronica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bitmap (m) (Ingl.) (Inf.)

Русский (Russian)
битовый массив, поразрядное представление, растр

Español (Spanish)
n. - mapa binario, mapa de bit
v. tr. - trazar el mapa binario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bitmönster (data)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
位图, 位映像, 用位图画出

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 位圖, 位映像
v. tr. - 用位圖畫出

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (컴퓨터의) 비트 맵
v. tr. - 비트 맵으로 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - (電算)ビットマップ

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפת ביטים (במחשב), הצגת סיביות הזיכרון‬
v. tr. - ‮הציג את מפת הביטים (סיביות)‬


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