litter

n 1: the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal

2: rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in

public places)

3: a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers

4: material used to provide a bed for animals [syn: {bedding

material}, {bedding}]

v 1: strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"

2: make a place messy by strewing garbage around

3: give birth to a litter of animals

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)