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blit

The English word “blit” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A logical operation in which a block of data is rapidly moved or copied in memory, most commonly used to animate two-dimensional graphics.

verb

  1. To transfer by a blit operation.

Etymology

From BitBLT, the name of a computer graphics operation which stands for bit-block transfer and is pronounced bit blit.

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