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BIT MAP REPRESENTATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Publishing
  • Informatics
DEF

A screen display in which each dot or pixel location corresponds to a bit accessible in a unique main memory location.

OBS

In fact, the computer memory's structure can be thought of as a "map" of the screen, hence the widely used term bit map to describe a pixel-oriented display.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éditique
  • Informatique
DEF

Mode de représentation de l'illustration ou du texte où chaque point ou pixel correspond à un bit d'information de la mémoire d'un ordinateur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Publicación electrónica
  • Informática
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