noun
- plural of bitmap; digital images or graphics represented as a grid of pixels, where each pixel is assigned a color value.
Usage: computing; technical
Examples
- The designer exported the artwork as bitmaps for use on the website.
- Bitmaps are commonly used for photographs and complex images.
- Unlike vector graphics, bitmaps lose quality when enlarged.
- The software supports multiple bitmap formats including PNG and JPEG.
- Creating bitmaps from scratch requires pixel-by-pixel editing.