The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication. The name is a portmanteau of binary digit. The bit represents a logical...

computer. A bit is also used as a unit of information. Bit or BIT may also refer to: Drill bit, for drilling holes Screwdriver bit Tool bit, for lathe...

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Bits or BITS may refer to: Plural of bit, computer memory unit. Drill bits, cutting tools used to create cylindrical holes Background Intelligent Transfer...

computing, bit numbering is the convention used to identify the bit positions in a binary number. In computing, the least significant bit (LSb) is the bit position...

A drill bit is a cutting tool used in a drill to remove material to create holes, almost always of circular cross-section. Drill bits come in many sizes...

the bit", "behind the bit" and "above the bit" are equestrian terms used to describe a horse's posture relative to the reins and the bridle bit. A position...

telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable R) is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. The bit rate is expressed...

A parity bit, or check bit, is a bit added to a string of binary code. Parity bits are a simple form of error detecting code. Parity bits are generally...

computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 64 bits wide. Also, 64-bit central processing units (CPU)...

differences), also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, or the number of bits used for each color component...

Bit rot may refer to: "Bit Rot", a short story by Charles Stross Data rot, the decay of electromagnetic charge in a computer's storage Disc rot, the deterioration...

telecommunications, bit stuffing (also known—uncommonly—as positive justification) is the insertion of non-information bits into data. Stuffed bits should not...

information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer...

Bit length or bit width is the number of binary digits, called bits, necessary to represent an unsigned integer as a binary number. Formally, the bit...

A bit array (also known as bitmask, bit map, bit set, bit string, or bit vector) is an array data structure that compactly stores bits. It can be used...

In computing, bit flipping may refer to: Bit manipulation, algorithmic manipulation of binary digits (bits) Bitwise operation NOT, performing logical negation...

Bismuth titanate or bismuth titanium oxide is a solid inorganic compound of bismuth, titanium and oxygen with the chemical formula of Bi12TiO20, Bi 4Ti3O12...

operation operates on a bit string, a bit array or a binary numeral (considered as a bit string) at the level of its individual bits. It is a fast and simple...

computing, ancilla bits are extra bits being used to implement irreversible logical operations. In classical computation, any memory bit can be turned on...

Bit manipulation is the act of algorithmically manipulating bits or other pieces of data shorter than a word. Computer programming tasks that require bit...

Bit depth may refer to: Color depth, also known as bit depth, the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel Audio bit depth, the number...

8-bit CPUs are generally larger than 8-bit, usually 16-bit. 8-bit microcomputers are microcomputers that use 8-bit microprocessors. The term '8-bit' is...

architecture, 32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data in 32-bit units. Compared...

computer architecture, 16-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 16 bits (2 octets) wide. Also, 16-bit central processing unit...

architecture were done by increasing bit-level parallelism, as 4-bit microprocessors were replaced by 8-bit, then 16-bit, then 32-bit microprocessors. This trend...

In computer architecture, bit-serial architectures send data one bit at a time, along a single wire, in contrast to bit-parallel word architectures, in...

(PCM), bit depth is the number of bits of information in each sample, and it directly corresponds to the resolution of each sample. Examples of bit depth...

The NX bit (no-execute) is a technology used in CPUs to segregate areas of a virtual address space to store either data or processor instructions. An...

In acting, a bit part is a role in which there is direct interaction with the principal actors and no more than five lines of dialogue, often referred...