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

programming, a bitwise 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...

buses of that size. A computer that uses such a processor is a 64-bit computer. From the software perspective, 64-bit computing means the use of machine...

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...

and based in New York City. Bitly shortens 600 million links per month, for use in social networking, SMS, and email. Bitly makes money by charging for...

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 of a single...

computer science, a mask or bitmask is data that is used for bitwise operations, particularly in a bit field. Using a mask, multiple bits in a byte, nibble...

64 had full 64 KB RAM, plus 20 KB ROM, meaning with 16-bit addressing you could not use all of the RAM by default (e.g. from the included BASIC language...

ancilla bits, a Toffoli gate can be used as a controlled NOT gate or a NOT gate.: 29  For classical reversible computation it is known that a constant...

address buses, or data buses of that size. 16-bit microcomputers are microcomputers that use 16-bit microprocessors. A 16-bit register can store 216 different...

sign bit is a bit in a signed number representation that indicates the sign of a number. Although only signed numeric data types have a sign bit, it is...

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...

of design variations, the basic families of bits are defined by the way in which they use or do not use leverage. They include: Direct pressure bits without...

A curb bit is a type of bit used for riding horses that uses lever action. It includes the pelham bit and the Weymouth curb along with the traditional...

group of bits within the structure can be set or inspected. A bit field is most commonly used to represent integral types of known, fixed bit-width,...

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...

Analogous storage constraints for unsigned 32-bit integers will be reached in 2106. Computer systems that use time for critical computations may encounter...

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...

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...

detect a framing error when it does not see a "stop" bit at the expected "stop" bit time. As the "start" bit is used to identify the beginning of an incoming...