Bit (disambiguation)
Appearance
A bit is a unit of information storage on a computer.
Bit or BIT may also refer to:
Tools and engineering
- Drill bit, a cutting tool used to create cylindrical holes
- Screwdriver bit
- Tool bit, used for turning work in lathes
- Bit (key), the part of a key which engages the locking mechanism
- Bit (horse), an object placed in a horse's mouth
Arts and entertainment
- Unit of action or bit, in acting
- Bit part, a minor role
- Bit, material from a standup comedian's repertoire
- "Better in Time", a song by Leona Lewis
- Babes in Toyland (band), an American grunge band
- Bit, in the list of Tron characters
- Equestrian Bit, a system of currency used in Equestria, the main setting of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
- Buried in Time, a computer game
Organisations
- Bit Corporation, a video game company
- Bipolar Integrated Technology, a former American semiconductor company
- BIT Teatergarasjen, Norwegian theatre and dance company
Education
- Bearys Institute of Technology, a private technical co-educational college, Mangalore, India
- Bangalore Institute of Technology, an institution of higher learning in India
- Beijing Institute of Technology, a university in China
- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, an engineering institute in Ranchi, India
- Birla Institute of Technology, Patna, an engineering institute in Patna, India
- BIT International College, formerly the Bohol Institute of Technology or BIT, in Bohol, Philippines
- BIT Sathy or Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India
- Bhilai Institute of Technology – Durg, in Central India
- Bangladesh International Tutorial- A school in Dhaka
Science and technology
- Built-in self-test, in electronics
- Built-in test equipment, an automated system used for fault detection (usually on start-up) in electronic devices
- BIT (alternative information centre), a communal information service which derived its name from the smallest unit of computer information
- Benzisothiazolinone, a biocide
- Bits, a subunit defined as one millionth of a bitcoin
- BIT Numerical Mathematics a journal of mathematics
Other uses
- Bit people, an ethnic group in Laos
- Bit language, the language spoken by the Bit people
- Bit (money), a unit of money; the North American name of a Spanish coin worth one-eighth of a Spanish dollar, widely used in America in the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century
- Bachelor of Information Technology, a type of degree
- Back in time (disambiguation)
- Bilateral Investment Treaty, an agreement establishing terms for private investment between states
- Bitcoin Investment Trust, securities based on Bitcoin which are publicly quoted on the QTCQX exchange
- Borsa Italiana, Italy's stock exchange
- Bit or Bitburger, the beer of the Bitburger brewery
See also
- Bitts, paired vertical posts used to secure a ship's mooring lines, ropes, hawsers, or cables
- All pages with titles beginning with Bit
- All pages with titles beginning with BIT
- All pages with titles containing bit
- BITS (disambiguation)