bliter

Bliter is a term with no widely agreed meaning in standard English. In most technical writing, it is considered a misspelling or variant of blitter, a component or routine that performs bit-block transfers in graphics systems.

A blitter copies blocks of pixel data from a source to a destination in memory, often supporting operations such as masking, color transformation, and raster operations. Blitters may be implemented as dedicated hardware within a graphics chip or as software routines in a rendering library. They were especially prominent in older computer systems and video game consoles where efficient image movement was essential for performance.

Etymology and usage: The form bliter is not established as a standard term; the accepted term in most sources is blitter. The root blit is short for bit-block transfer, and the agent noun blitter denotes an entity that performs that operation.

In contemporary contexts, bliter is typically encountered as a typographical error, a nonstandard variant, or occasionally as a fictional name or brand created by authors without widespread adoption. When precision matters, it is advisable to verify whether the source intended the conventional term blitter.

See also: Blitter.