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"Blit" is a common misspelling or typo for: bit, bait, blitz, blot, blight, blip, blat, BLitt, bleit, blite, Belit.

Specialty Definition: BLIT

Domain Definition
Computing Blit /blit/ vt. 1. [common] To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computer's memory to another part, particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is shown on a display screen. "The storage allocator picks through the table and copies the good parts up into high memory, and then blits it all back down again." See bitblt, BLT, dd, cat, blast, snarf. More generally, to perform some operation (such as toggling) on a large array of bits while moving them. 2. [historical, rare] Sometimes all-capitalized as `BLIT': an early experimental bit-mapped terminal designed by Rob Pike at Bell Labs, later commercialized as the AT&T 5620. (The folk etymology from `Bell Labs Intelligent Terminal' is incorrect. Its creators liked to claim that "Blit" stood for the Bacon, Lettuce, and Interactive Tomato.) Source: Jargon File.

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Common Expressions: BLIT

Expressions Definition
Blit (computer terminal) In computing, the Blit was a programmable bitmap graphics terminal designed by Rob Pike and Bart Locanthi of Bell Labs in 1982. (references)

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Extended Definition: BLIT

Blit

Blit can mean:

  • BLock Image Transfer from Bit blit (Bit Block Transfer, BitBLT, blitting etc.) is a computer graphics operation in which two bitmap patterns are combined. Sometimes, this is done in hardware by means of a Blitter chip.
  • The Blit terminal (marketed as the AT&T 5620) is a programmable bitmap graphics terminal
  • BLIT is a short story by David Langford.
  • The Blits are one of the indigenous peoples of South Mindanao (one of their immediate tribal neighbors is the Tboli).
  • Band limited impulse train is a system used in Audio DSP. It is a popular technique to calculate aliasing-free "analog" waveforms.

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Topics by Level of Interest: BLIT

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Blit 12     Bit blit 8
Bit blit 8     Blit 12
Blit (computer terminal) 5     Blit (computer terminal) 5
BLIT (short story) 5     BLIT (short story) 5

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).