meaning of blit
1. blit /blit/ 1. To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computers memory to another part, particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is shown on a display screen. "The storage allocator picks through the table and copies the good parts up into high memory, and then blits it all back down again. " See bitblt, BLT, dd, cat, blast, snarf. More generally, to perform some operation such as toggling on a large array of bits while moving them. 2. Sometimes all-capitalised as "BLIT": an early experimental bit-mapped terminal designed by Rob Pike at Bell Labs, later commercialised as the AT&T 5620. The folk etymology from "Bell Labs Intelligent Terminal" is incorrect. Its creators liked to claim that "Blit" stood for the Bacon, Lettuce, and Interactive Tomato. [Jargon File]
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