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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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Contraction of "binary digit," the smallest unit of information in a binary system; a one or zero condition.
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The smallest unit of computerized data.
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French: bit (b); élément binaire (eb) A contraction of the term "binary digit". A bit is the smallest possible unit of storage of computer information and can be one of two values. These values are typically represented by 0 and 1, low and high, or on and off.
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A single digit number in base-2, in other words, either a 1 or a zero. The smallest unit of computerized data.
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Either of the digits 0 or 1 when used in the pure binary numeration system. [ref ISO 2382-4]
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Most modern computers use the binary counting system -- employing only 1's and 0's -- to represent any number or other character. Binary numbers can be easily stored in electronic form. See also Central Processor.
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A unit for measuring data size. It is either a 1 or a 0.
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The smallest piece of information that a computer recognises. It represents a 1 or a 0 in the binary numbering system.
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An acronym for Binary digit. It is the basic unit of information in the machine world. A bit is a digit in binary form and carries one of two values, 0 or 1.
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the digit 0 or 1
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A Binary Digit or bit is the smallest unit of data in a computer. A bit has a single binary value, either 0 or 1. Although computers usually provide instructions that can test and manipulate bits, they generally are designed to store data and execute instructions in bit multiples called bytes. In most computer systems, there are eight bits in a byte . ...
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A unit of data represented either as a 1 or 0. Most data devices, a bit is physically a positive 5 volts or 0 volts.
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1 or 0 in the binary system of data representation in computer systems.
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either 0 or 1 in binary notation
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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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