blitter

hardware, graphics /blit'r/ (Or "raster blaster"). A

special-purpose integrated circuit or hardware system built

to perform blit (or "bit bang") operations, especially

used for fast implementation of bit-mapped graphics.

The Commodore Amiga and a few other microcomputers have

these, but in 1991 the trend is away from them (however, see

cycle of reincarnation).

[Jargon File]

(1996-04-30)