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From: julian@riacs.edu (Julian E Gomez)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: the word "bitmap"
Message-ID: <1198@hydra.riacs.edu>
Date: 7 Jan 89 06:04:51 GMT
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Reply-To: julian@hydra.riacs.edu.UUCP (Julian E Gomez)
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Like others have pointed out, "pixmap" seems like the best bet. We're
already used to asking how many bits in a pixel, whereas we're not used
to asking how many bits in a bit.

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	Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez
	julian@riacs.edu