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Sprite may refer to:

• any meaning of "spirit"
  • a ghost
  • legendary creatures such as elves, fairies and pixies, see Sprite (creature),
  • Water sprite, see Neck (water spirit)

• a spayed female ferret
• Sprite butterflies, certain skipper butterfly genera in subfamily Pyrginae, tribe Celaenorrhini:
  • Celaenorrhinus (typical sprites)
  • Katreus (Giant Scarce Sprite)
  • Loxolexis (scarce sprites)

• Sprite (lightning), an upper-atmospheric electrical discharge that occurs above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
• Sprite melon, a type of sweet melon cultivated in North Carolina
• Water Sprite, the freshwater fern Ceratopteris thalictroides

computing

• Sprite (computer graphics), a two-dimensional pre-rendered figure
• Sprite operating system, an operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley

brands

• Sprite (motorcycle), a historical British make of motorcycle
• Sprite (soft drink), the brand name of a lemon-lime beverage produced by The Coca-Cola Company
• Austin-Healey Sprite, a British car
• Schweizer SGS 1-36 Sprite, a US sailplane
• Practavia Sprite, a British two-seat homebuilt training or touring aircraft

popular culture

• Sprite, an early alias of X-Men member Kitty Pryde
• Sprites in the Rainbow Brite television series
• Sprite (Eternal), a fictional member of the race of Eternals in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Sprites (band), an independent music group from USA
• Shine Sprites, fictional objects from the video game Super Mario Sunshine

SPRITE may refer to:

• SPRITE (IR detector), a specialist detector device using a process know as Signal PRocessing In The Element
• SPRITE-S2, Support and Guidance to the PRocurement of Information and TElecommunication Systems and Service, a European Commission project

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Sprites from the game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

As games went 3D, sprites became rarer, replaced by models. Sprites were still incorporated, since they were smaller files, for less important things such as backgrounds (The crowds in games like WWF No Mercy had sprites for crowds) or various explosions (Super Smash Bros. Melee used many sprites for items & hit explosions).

Sprites tend to take longer to animate then models, because they require redrawing, while models only need to be moved. Because of the time it takes, sprites are often the subject of palette swapping.