< 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 ).
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(1996-04-30)