sprite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sprite	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sprite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprite n a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers Synonym(s): fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprite \Sprite\, n. [OE. sprit, F. esprit, fr. L. spiritus. See {Spirit}, and cf. {Sprightly}.] 1. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See {Spright}. Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite. --Dryden. 2. An elf; a fairy; a goblin. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Sprite An {operating system} from {Berkeley} supporting {multiprocessing} and distributed files. [Details? References?] (1994-10-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sprite A small {bitmap} image, often used in animated games but also sometimes used as a synonym for {icon}. (1997-06-29)