bitmap

noun

bit·​map ˈbit-ˌmap How to pronounce bitmap (audio)
1
: an array of binary data representing a bitmapped image or display
also : a file containing such data
2
: a bitmapped image or display

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That, alongside the custom Mozilla Semi-Slab, Mozilla Sans, and Mozilla Sans Text typefaces, will replace the branding Mozilla introduced back in 2017, alongside some techy design elements like 2D bitmaps and 3D wireframes. Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 24 Sep. 2024 Fat-Cavia continuously scans the video and character memories, and sends bitmaps to Fat-Scunk, which then generates the appropriate RGB signals and synchs pulses to create a 320-by-240-pixel VGA output. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2023 Chanel’s new Hyper Cybernetic version of its iconic J12 watch makes a bitmap beautiful with 240 brilliant-cut diamonds in a graphic interpretation that plays on the contrast between the gems and the matte black ceramic of the dial, case and bezel. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2023 In the office, also off the dining room, Nuriev’s silvery wallpaper with a bitmap print matches pink stools, pixelated at the edges and evoking the lo-fi quality of classic arcade cabinets, from his recent Video Game collection. Nick Haramis Laurent Kronental, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023 Like the Arecibo message, researchers created it as a bitmap, which is a way to use binary to create a pixelated image, per Scientific American’s Daniel Oberhaus. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2022 None of them were able to understand its contents, and only one figured out that the binary was meant to be a bitmap. Daniel Oberhaus, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2022 The presence or absence of bitmaps has no visible difference on any 4KiB operation. Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 27 May 2020 The reader would then capture a bitmap image of the print. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bitmap was in 1980

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“Bitmap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitmap. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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