skitter

v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly: "so terrified by the

extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to

higher ground." [syn: {scurry}, {scamper}, {scuttle}]

2: glide easily along a surface

3: cause to skip over a surface: "Skip a stone across the pond"

[syn: {skim}, {skip}]

4: twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the

surface of water

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)