fritter

n : small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or

vegetables

v : spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's

inheritance" [syn: {frivol away}, {dissipate}, {shoot}, {fritter

away}, {fool}, {fool away}]

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)