/bit'blit/ [BLT] 1. Any of a family of closely related
algorithms for moving and copying rectangles of bits between
main and display memory on a bit-mapped device, or between
two areas of either main or display memory (the requirement to
do the Right Thing in the case of overlapping source and
destination rectangles is what makes BitBlt tricky).
2. blit, BLT.
[Jargon File]
Nearby terms:
bit « bit bang « bit bashing « bitblt » bit bucket » bit decay » bit diddling
