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bit [n]

1)	a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"

Synonyms :

spot

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small_indefinite_amount britain

2)	a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"

Synonyms :

chip flake fleck scrap

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fragment flake chip break_away break_off matchwood exfoliation scurf flinders

3)	an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

Synonyms :

minute moment second

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time blink_of_an_eye

4)	an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"

Synonyms :

piece

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case

5)	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"

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saddlery bridle bar_bit bridoon curb pelham snaffle

6)	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"

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unit byte check_bit

7)	a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"

Synonyms :

bite morsel

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mouthful chaw crumb sop

8)	a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"

Synonyms :

snatch

See Also:

fragment

9)	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"

Synonyms :

act number routine turn

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performance act act act show-stopper

10)

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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cutting_implement drill bur center_bit chamfer_bit counterbore drill_bit expansion_bit pilot_bit shank spade_bit twist_bit

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

(b) binary digit.

The unit of information; the amount of information obtained by asking a yes-or-no question; a computational quantity that can take on one of two values, such as false and true or 0 and 1; the smallest unit of storage - sufficient to hold one bit.

A bit is said to be "set" if its value is true or 1, and "reset" or "clear" if its value is false or 0. One speaks of setting and clearing bits. To toggle or "invert" a bit is to change it, either from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.

The term "bit" first appeared in print in the computer-science sense in 1949, and seems to have been coined by the eminent statistician, John Tukey. Tukey records that it evolved over a lunch table as a handier alternative to "bigit" or "binit".

See also flag, trit, mode bit, byte, word.

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(2002-01-22)

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