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Definitions of Bit:

• spot: a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"
• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
• moment: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
• piece: an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"
• piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit"
• a unit of measurement of information (from binary _ digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte"
• morsel: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
• snatch: a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
• act: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"
• the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit"
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• A bit (abbreviated b) is the most basic information unit used in computing and information theory. A single bit is a one or a zero, a true or a false, a "flag" which is "on" or "off", or in general, the quantity of information required to distinguish two mutually exclusive states from each other.
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• The bit as a unit of money is worth 1/8 of a United States dollar.
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• Contraction of binary digit. It is the smallest unit of information in a binary system.
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• Binary digit - either a 0 or 1. A byte consists of 8 bits.
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• A measurement of data. It is the smallest unit of data. A bit is either the "1" or "0" component of the binary code. A collection of bits is put together to form a byte.
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• a binary digit. The smallest possible unit of information in a di ital code.
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• A binary unit of information that can have either of the two values, 0 or 1. Contraction of binary digit : kilobit = 1,000 bits ; megabit = 1 million bits ; gigabit = 1 billion bits ; terabit = 1 trillion bits
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• A single binary digit.
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• The smallest unit of information recognized by a computer and its related equipment.
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• Stands for binary digit. A bit is either on or off and is represented by "1" or "0". A collection of bits are put together to form a byte.
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• The smallest unit of information a computer can use. A bit is represented as a "0" or a "1" (also "on" or "off"). A group of eight bits is called a byte. Bits are often used to measure the speed of digital transmission systems.
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• The basic unit of information in a binary numbering system. A computer detects the difference between two states (high current and low current) and represents these two states as one of two numbers (1 or 0).
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• The smallest unit of memory; a contraction from ´binary´ and ´digit´. Binary digits are 0 and 1, also known as ons and offs.
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• The smallest unit of computerized data.
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• a binary digit, the smallest information entity.
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• The common abbreviation for binary digit code. A Binary digit has values of either 1 or 0 (logic 1 or logic 0 binary settings). These values or settings determine the make up of a byte of data.
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• The bit that is relevant in situations of high congestion, and indicates that the frame should be discarded in preference to other frames without the DE bit set. The DE may be set by the network or by the user; and once set can never be reset by the network.
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• A binary digit. The unit of information that can take on one of two values, such as true or false or zero or one.
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• the smallest unit of information in a computer. A bit has a single binary value, either 0 or 1.
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• A contraction of binary digit, a bit is the smallest unit of information that a computer can hold. The speed at which bits are transmitted or bit rate is usually expressed as bits per second or bps.
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• A unit of information representing the physical state of a system having one of two values, such as on or off.
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• A binary digit, the smallest piece of information that a computer can hold. A bit is always one of two values, written as 1 or 0, corresponding to the on or off state of a digital switch or the high or low of electrical impulses. Single characters of information are represented by a combination of bits called bytes. For personal computers, a byte equals eight bits.
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• Contraction of the term "BInary digiT". The smallest unit of information a computer can process, representing one of two states (usually indicated by "1" and "0").
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• Binary digit. The smallest piece of data (a 1 or a 0) that a computer recognizes.
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• The hardened and strengthened device at the end of a drill rod that transmits the energy of breakage to the rock. The size of the bit determines the size of the hole. A bit may be either detachable from or integral with its supporting drill rod.
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• (Binary DigIT) -- A single digit number in base-2, in other words, either a 1 or a zero. The smallest unit of computerized data. Bandwidth is usually measured in bits-per-second.
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• In computers, the basic unit of digital information; contraction of BInary digiT.
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