Re: computer lingo

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From: Ray Wartinger
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1986 15:21

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The term is "BIT-BLT" which stands for Bit Block Transfer and refers to
high speed copying of memory images from one location to another,
typically for updating a display's bitmap.

						-- Ray

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