spryte

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Noun

spryte (plural sprytes)

1. Alternative spelling of sprite.
2. Archaic or pseudo-archaic spelling of spirit.
3. (also Spryte) An off-road vehicle moving on tracks, which is used in amphibious and polar travel.
4. (computer graphics, rare) Alternative spelling of sprite. (small image representing an entity in a video game)
   • 1995, David L. Needle & Robert Nical, Method for controlling a spryte rendering processor, US Patent 5596693:

     A spryte can include scan-lines with no pixels in them, and particular pixels within a spryte can be designated as transparent.