a picture created on a visual display unit where each pixel corresponds to one or more bits in memory, the number of bits per pixel determining the number of available colours
verbWord forms: -maps, -mapping or -mapped
2. (transitive)
to create a bitmap of
bitmap in American English
(ˈbɪtˌmæp)
noun
Computing
a representation of a graphic image, as a letter or number, as a sequence of bits that generates a corresponding pattern of pixels on a video screen
In other languages
bitmap
British English: bitmap NOUN
A bitmap is a type of graphics file on a computer.
...bitmap graphics for representing complex images such as photographs.