bitmap

See also: bit-map and bit map

English

Alternative forms

• bit map, bit-map

Etymology

From bit +‎ map.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtˌmæp/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

bitmap (plural bitmaps)

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

   Synonyms: pixmap, raster

   Coordinate term: vector

   • 2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus, page 315:

     Using the hardware blitter to move bitmaps from VRAM to VRAM is much faster than moving them from system memory to VRAM.

Translations

a series of bits

• Bulgarian: битова карта (bg) f (bitova karta)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 點陣 / 点阵 (yue) (dim² zan⁶)

  Mandarin: 點陣 / 点阵 (zh) (diǎnzhèn)

• Czech: bitmapa (cs) f
• Dutch: rasterafbeelding (nl) f, bitmap (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: rastrumo (eo), rastero (eo)
• Finnish: bittikartta (fi)
• French: image matricielle (fr) f
• German: Rastergrafik (de) f, Pixelgrafik (de) f, Binärbild (de) n, Bitmap (de) f
• Greek: δυφιοαπεικόνιση (el) (dyfioapeikónisi)
• Hebrew: מַפַּת סִבִּיּוֹת (he) f (mapát sibiyót)
• Icelandic: bitakort (is) n, punktamynd (is) f, punktafylki (is) n
• Japanese: ビットマップ (ja) (bittomappu)
• Korean: 비트맵 (ko) (biteumaep)
• Māori: maheremoka (mi)
• Polish: bitmapa (pl) f, mapa bitowa (pl) f
• Russian: битовая ка́рта (ru) f (bitovaja kárta), растровое изображе́ние (ru) m (rastrovoje izobražénije)
• Spanish: mapa de bits (es) m
• Swedish: bitmappsbild (sv) c, bitmapp (sv) c

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit.map/
• Rhymes: -itmap
• Syllabification: bit‧map

Noun

bitmap f

1. genitive plural of bitmapa