Bit vs. Byte
Bitnoun
A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
Bitnoun
A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
Bitnoun
A coin of a specified value. (Also formerly used for a nine-pence coin in the British Caribbean, and a fourpenny piece, or groat, in the British West Indies.)
Bitnoun
A ten-cent piece, dime.
Bitnoun
(US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first came into use, the Spanish 8 reales coin was widely used as a dollar equivalent, and thus the 1 real coin was equivalent to 12.5 cents.)
Bitnoun
In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
Bitnoun
A small amount of something.
Bitnoun
(informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
Bitnoun
A portion of something.
Bitnoun
Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree.
Bitnoun
(slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
Bitnoun
An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
Bitnoun
The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
Bitnoun
The cutting iron of a plane.
Bitnoun
A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
Bitnoun
(computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
Bitnoun
Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
Bitnoun
(information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
Bitnoun
A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
Bitadverb
To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").
Bitverb
(transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
Bitverb
, bitten
Bitadjective
(colloquial) bitten.
Bitadjective
(only in combination) Having been bitten.
Bitnoun
The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
Bitnoun
Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.
Bitnoun
In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat.
Bitnoun
A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
Bitnoun
Somewhat; something, but not very great.
Bitnoun
A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
Bitnoun
The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
Bitnoun
The cutting iron of a plane.
Bitnoun
In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
Bitverb
To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
Bit
imp. & p. p. of Bite.
Bit
the smallest unit of information, equivalent to a choice between two alternatives, as yes or no; on or off.
Bit
the physical representation of a bit of information in a computer memory or a data storage medium. Within a computer circuit a bit may be represented by the state of a current or an electrical charge; in a magnetic storage medium it may be represented by the direction of magnetization; on a punched card or on paper tape it may be represented by the presence or absence of a hole at a particular point on the card or tape.
Bit
3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth.
Bitnoun
a small quantity;
Bitnoun
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;
Bitnoun
an indefinitely short time;
Bitnoun
an instance of some kind;
Bitnoun
piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding;
Bitnoun
a unit of measurement of information (from Binary + digIT); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states;
Bitnoun
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful;
Bitnoun
a small fragment;
Bitnoun
a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;
Bitnoun
the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press;
Bitnoun
a small piece, part, or quantity of something
Bitnoun
a short time or distance
Bitnoun
a fairly large amount
Bitnoun
a set of actions or ideas associated with a specific group or activity
Bitnoun
a girl or young woman
Bitnoun
a person's genitals
Bitnoun
a unit of 12 1/2 cents (used only in even multiples).
Bitnoun
a mouthpiece, typically made of metal, which is attached to a bridle and used to control a horse.
Bitnoun
a tool or piece for boring or drilling
Bitnoun
the cutting or gripping part of a plane, pincers, or other tool.
Bitnoun
the part of a key that engages with the lock lever.
Bitnoun
the copper head of a soldering iron.
Bitnoun
a unit of information expressed as either a 0 or 1 in binary notation.
Bitverb
put a bit into the mouth of (a horse).
Bitverb
restrain
Bit
The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. The name is a contraction of binary digit.
Bytenoun
(computing) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text.
Bytenoun
(computing) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits
Bytenoun
a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
Byte
The byte is a unit of digital 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 and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures.
