glittery

adj : having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle

beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";

"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop

window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery

costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the

scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins";

"`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)},

{fulgid}, {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittering}, {scintillant},

{scintillating}, {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]

blitter

/blit'r/ (Or "{raster blaster}"). A

special-purpose {integrated circuit} or hardware system built

to perform {blit} (or "{bit bang}") operations, especially

used for fast implementation of {bit-mapped} graphics.

The {Commodore} {Amiga} and a few other {microcomputers} have

these, but in 1991 the trend is away from them (however, see

{cycle of reincarnation}).

[{Jargon File}]

(1996-04-30)