blit
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- noun
- Specialized
- To improve performance, the program executes a blit to move data between two memory buffers.
Examples
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The graphics engine uses a blit to quickly transfer images from memory to the screen.
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For example, copying one memory location to another (if it's a pure memcpy and not a screen blit) is assigned a "work done" figure of exactly zero.
Blog text (8) -
It was something to do with 14 math wars and terrorists using things called blits.
Fiction book (2000) -
While doing these massive bit-blits from one graphics array area to another at sufficiently high speeds and resolutions,
Fiction book (2000) -
During the game's loading phase, the system performs a blit for efficient graphics rendering.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blit comes from the early computer phrase bit blit, short for 'bit block transfer', where 'bit' is a small piece of data and 'block' means a group of data. So a blit is a quick copy of a block of memory used to update the screen.