raster blaster

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

raster blaster
 n.

   [Cambridge] Specialized hardware for {bitblt} operations (a
   {blitter}). Allegedly inspired by `Rasta Blasta', British slang for
   the sort of portable stereo Americans call a `boom box' or `ghetto
   blaster'.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

raster blaster

   <hardware, jargon> (Cambridge) Specialised hardware for
   {bitblt} operations (a {blitter}).  Allegedly inspired by
   "Rasta Blasta", British slang for the sort of portable stereo
   Americans call a "boom box" or "ghetto blaster".

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-03-22)

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