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bit map or bit·map (btmp)

n. Computer Science

A set of bits that represents a graphic image, with each bit or group of bits corresponding to a pixel in the image.

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bitmap [ˈbɪtˌmæp]

n Computing

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a picture created on a visual display unit where each pixel corresponds to one or more bits in memory, the number of bits per pixel determining the number of available colours

vb -maps, -mapping, -mapped

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (tr) to create a bitmap of

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bitmap  (btmp)

Computer Science

A set of bits that represents a graphic image. Each bit or group of bits corresponds to a pixel in the image. Optical scanners and fax machines convert text or pictures into bitmaps.

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Noun

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bitmap - an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels electronic image ikon, picture, icon, image - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"