Bit
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English
Pronunciation
- [Bit] /___/
- SAMPA: /'/
- IPA: /'bɪt/
Noun
bit
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.
- A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to make holes.
- An eighth of a dollar.
- A quarter is two bits.
- A small portion.
- I'd like a little bit.
- (mathematics) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- (information theory, cryptography) Any datum which may take on one of exactly two values.
Etymological Note
The senses involving a choice of two values derive both from contraction of binary digit and from the notion that such an item is a small piece of information.
Translations
- Breton: gweskenn f -où (1), un tammig (4)
- Bulgarian: мундщук m (1), свредел m (2), късче n (4), бит m (5,6)
- Dutch: bit (1, 5, 6), boorijzer (2), beetje (4)
- German: Gebiß n (1), Mundstück n (1), Bohrer m (2), kleine Münze f (3), Stück(chen) n (4), Bißchen n (4), Wenig n (4), Bissen m (4), Happen m, (4), Bit n (5, 6)
- Indonesian: sedikit (4), bit (5,6)
- Interlingua: morso (1), puncta (2), pauco, poco, morsello (4), bit (5,6)
- Japanese: ちょっと (chotto) / 少々 (しょうしょう, shōshō) / 少し (すこし, sukoshi) (4), ビット (bitto) (5,6)
- Portuguese: morso m, bocado m, bocal m (1); broca f, verruma f, pua f (2), pouco m, bocado m (4); bit m (5,6)
Related Terms
- brace and bit
- bit-banger
- bits and pieces
- chomping at the bit
- hidden bit
- high-order bit
- itty-bitty
- not a bit
- quite a bit
- snakebit
- the biter bit
Verb
bit
- Past tense of bite.
- Does your dog bite? No. He bit me! It isn't my dog
See Also
- Wikipedia artcile on bit
Dutch
Noun
bit n
- A bit for a horse's mouth (see above).
- A rotary cutting tool (see above).
- A binary digit (see above).
- A unit of storage (see above).
- A datum with two possible values (see above).
Translations
- English: bit
