Bitmap

Definition: Bitmap

Bitmap

Noun

1. An image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels.

Specialty Definitions: Bitmap

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Bitmap A data file or structure which corresponds bit for bit with an image displayed on a screen, probably in the same format as it would be stored in the display's video memory or maybe as a device independent bitmap. A bitmap is characterised by the width and height of the image in pixels and the number of bits per pixel which determines the number of shades of grey or colours it can represent. A bitmap representing a coloured image (a "pixmap") will usually have pixels with between one and eight bits for each of the red, green, and blue components, though other colour encodings are also used. The green component sometimes has more bits that the other two to cater for the human eye's greater discrimination in this component. See also vector graphics, image formats. (1996-09-21). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Bitmap

Synonym: electronic image (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bitmap

Specialty definitions using "bitmap": anti-aliasing ♦ bitmap display, bitmap font, bitmapped display, BMP ♦ DDB, device independent bitmap, Digital to Analog Converter, Display PostScript ♦ graphics adaptor ♦ Half-tone ♦ jaggies ♦ metafile ♦ Object Linking and Embedding, outline font ♦ pixmap, progressive coding ♦ RISC OS ♦ sequential coding, Smalltalk, software patent ♦ targa, Targa Graphics Adaptor ♦ Uniface ♦ vector graphics, video memory, Visual Display Unit ♦ WBMP, window shopping, wireless bitmap ♦ X server, X Window System. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Bitmap" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (bitmap), German (bitmap).

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Usage Frequency: Bitmap

"Bitmap" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Bitmap" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	91.67%	33	60,273
Noun (proper)	8.33%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	36	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Bitmap

Expressions using "bitmap": bitmap display ♦ bitmap font ♦ device independent bitmap ♦ wireless bitmap. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bitmap

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bitmap	296	bitmap wallpaper	8
bitmap free	67	bitmap download	8
bitmap image	54	bitmap download toolbar window xp	8
transparent bitmap	40	bitmap file format	8
bitmap icon	32	convert bitmap to vector	7
bitmap editor	28	bitmap format	7
bitmap to jpeg	22	button bitmap	7
bitmap font	21	bitmap font free	6
bitmap picture	20	window bitmap	6
bitmap brother	18	background bitmap	6
bitmap converter	17	2.0 bitmap bouncing	5
bitmap file	17	trace bitmap	5
bitmap to vector	14	bitmap gallery	5
convert bitmap jpeg	14	bitmap texture	5
bitmap library	11	convert icon bitmap	5
free bitmap image	11	bitmap viewer	5
jpeg bitmap converter	11	bitmap toolbar	5
convert to bitmap	10	bitmap description file	5
animated bitmap	10	bitmap to jpg	5
bitmap religious	9	bitmap graphic	5
bi bitmap raw rgb	9	bitmap graphic vector	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bitmap

Language		Translations for "bitmap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		bitmap (bit map). (various references)

Esperanto		bitmatrico. (various references)

Finnish		bittikartta. (various references)

German		bitmap. (various references)

Italian		bitmap. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"タミン剤 (big, big band, big bang, Big Ben, big business, big card, Big Egg, big event, big science, big screen, bit, BITNET, important news, vitamin pills, Vitarice). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"ットマップ . (various references)

Korean		두�'본. (various references)

Pig Latin		itmapbay

Russian		побитовое отображение. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bitna mapa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Bitmap

Misspellings
	"Bitmap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bhishma, bimah, Bishma, Bittman, Bytham, Nipmap. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Bitmap

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-m-p-t"
	-1 letter: ambit.
	-2 letters: bait, bima, iamb, pima, pita, tamp.
	-3 letters: aim, ait, ami, amp, apt, bam, bap, bat, bit, imp, map, mat, mib, pam, pat, pia, pit, tab, tam, tap, tip.
	-4 letters: ab, ai, am, at, ba, bi, it, ma, mi, pa, pi, ta, ti.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-m-p-t"
	+1 letter: baptism.
	+2 letters: baptisms.
	+3 letters: baptismal, imputable, rebaptism.
	+4 letters: anabaptism, compatible, compatibly, impartible, impartibly, importable, rebaptisms, suboptimal, subprimate.
	+5 letters: amphibolite, anabaptisms, baptismally, compactible, compatibles, implantable, problematic, subprimates.
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