[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bit \bit\ computers binary digit.
   1. the smallest unit of information, equivalent to a choice
      between two alternatives, as yes or no; on or off.
      pjc

   2. computers 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.
      pjc

   bit my bit, piecemeal. --pope.
      1913 webster
see also:
bit my bit 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bit \bit\ bi^t, n. oe. bitt, bite, as. bite, bite, fr.
   bimactan to bite. see bite, n.  v., and cf. bit a
   morsel.
   1. 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. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the foamy bridle with the bit of gold. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: anything which curbs or restrains.
      1913 webster
see also:
bite bit 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bit \bit\, n.
   in the british west indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bit \bit\, v. t. imp.  p. p. bitted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   bitting.
   to put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
   1913 webster
see also:
bitted bitting 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bit \bit\, n. oe. bite, as. bita, fr. bimactan to bite; akin
   to d. beet, g. bissen bit, morsel, icel. biti. see bite,
   v., and cf. bit part of a bridle.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. somewhat; something, but not very great.
      1913 webster

            my young companion was a bit of a poet. --t. hook.
      1913 webster

   note: this word is used, also, like jot and whit, to express
         the smallest degree; as, he is not a bit wiser.
         1913 webster

   3. a tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually
      turned by means of a brace or bitstock. see bitstock.
      1913 webster

   4. the part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the
      bolt and tumblers. --knight.
      1913 webster

   5. the cutting iron of a plane. --knight.
      1913 webster

   6. 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
bite bit bitstock 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bit \bit\,
   imp.  p. p. of bite.
   1913 webster
see also:
bite 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bite \bite\ bimact, v. t. imp. bit bi^t; p. p.
   bitten bi^t"t'n, bit; p. pr.  vb. n. biting. oe.
   biten, as. bimactan; akin to d. bijten, os. bimactan,
   ohg. bimaczan, g. beissen, goth. beitan, icel. bimacta,
   sw. bita, dan. bide, l. findere to cleave, skr. bhid to
   cleave. root87. cf. fissure.
   1913 webster
   1. to seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
      thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth;
      as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
      1913 webster

            such smiling rogues as these,
            like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ of some
      insects used in taking food.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
      in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the
      mouth. "frosts do bite the meads." --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to cheat; to trick; to take in. colloq. --pope.
      1913 webster

   5. to take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
      anchor bites the ground.
      1913 webster

            the last screw of the rack having been turned so
            often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned
            and turned with nothing to bite.      --dickens.
      1913 webster

   to bite the dust, to bite the ground, to fall in the
      agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.

   to bite in etching, to corrode or eat into metallic
      plates by means of an acid.

   to bite the thumb at any one, formerly a mark of
      contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. "do you
      bite your thumb at us?" --shak.

   to bite the tongue, to keep silence. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
bit bitten biting fissure to bite the dust to bite the ground 
to bite in to bite the thumb at to bite the tongue 

[8] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bit \bit\,
   3d sing. pr. of bid, for biddeth. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
bid 

[9] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bit
     n 1: a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper" syn: spot
     2: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
        bit of rock caught him in the eye" syn: chip, flake,
        fleck, scrap
     3: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only
        takes a minute"; "in just a bit" syn: moment, minute,
         second
     4: an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he
        had a bit of good luck" syn: piece
     5: piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to
        control the horse while riding; "the horse was not
        accustomed to a bit"
     6: a unit of measurement of information from binary + digit;
        the amount of information in a system having two
        equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte"
     7: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left
        was a bit of bread" syn: morsel, bite
     8: a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
        syn: snatch
     9: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer
        program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she
        had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best
        numbers he ever did" syn: act, routine, number, turn
     10: the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded
         and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press;
         "he looked around for the right size bit"
     also: bitting, bitted
see also:
spot chip flake fleck scrap moment 
minute second piece morsel bite 
snatch act routine number turn 
bitting bitted 

[10] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bite
     n 1: a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
     2: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left
        was a bit of bread" syn: morsel, bit
     3: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger
        into skin syn: sting, insect bite
     4: a light informal meal syn: collation, snack
     5: angling an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after
        fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"
     6: wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with
        typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" syn: pungency
     7: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard";
        "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange
        spices" syn: pungency, sharpness
     8: the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
        syn: chomp
     9: a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly
        bite from my paycheck"
     v 1: to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or
          jaws; "gunny invariably tried to bite her" syn: seize
          with teeth
     2: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "the sun
        burned his face" syn: sting, burn
     3: penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "the fork bit into the
        surface"
     4: deliver a sting to; "a bee stung my arm yesterday" syn: sting,
         prick
     also: bitten, bit
see also:
morsel bit sting insect bite collation snack 
pungency sharpness chomp seize with teeth burn 
prick bitten 

[11] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bit
     see bite
     also: bitting, bitted
see also:
bite bitting bitted 

[12] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

469 moby thesaurus words for "bit":
   algol, cobol, edp, fortran, a breath, a continental, a curse,
   a damn, a darn, a hoot, ace, act, actor, aculeus, acumination,
   afterpiece, allotment, allowance, alphabetic data,
   alphanumeric code, anchor watch, angular data, antagonist,
   antihero, arrest, assembler, atom, auger, back band, backstrap,
   bagatelle, bauble, bean, bearing rein, bellyband, bibelot, big end,
   bigger half, binary digit, binary scale, binary system, bit part,
   bite, blinders, blinds, borer, bowshot, brake, brass farthing,
   breeching, bridle, brief span, budget, bug, butt, button, byte,
   caparison, cast, cavesson, cent, chain, channel, character, chaser,
   check, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, chip, chock, chunk, cinch,
   cipher, clip, clipping, clog, close quarters, close range, collar,
   collop, command pulses, commands, commission,
   communication explosion, communication theory, compiler,
   computer code, computer language, computer program, constrain,
   contingent, control signals, controlled quantity,
   correcting signals, countercheck, crack, crownband, crumb, crupper,
   cue, curb, curb bit, curio, curtain, curtain call, curtain raiser,
   cusp, cut, cutting, dab, damper, data, data retrieval,
   data storage, day shift, deal, decoding, destiny, digit,
   divertimento, divertissement, dividend, dogwatch, dole, dollop,
   doorstop, dot, drag, drag sail, dram, dribble, driblet,
   drift anchor, drift sail, drill, drogue, drop, dwarf, earreach,
   earshot, electronic data processing, encoding, end, entropy,
   epilogue, equal share, error, error signals, exode, exodus,
   expository scene, farce, farthing, fat part, fate, feather,
   feedback pulses, feedback signals, feeder, fetter, fig, figure,
   film data, finale, fleabite, fleck, flyspeck, folderol, fragment,
   fribble, frippery, full time, gag swivel, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack,
   girth, gob, gobbet, grain, granule, graveyard shift, groat,
   gunshot, hackamore, hair, hair space, hairbreadth, hairsbreadth,
   half, half rations, half time, halfpenny, halter, halver, hames,
   hametugs, handful, harness, headgear, headstall, heavy, helping,
   hero, heroine, hexadecimal system, hill of beans, hip straps,
   hoke act, hold back, hold down, hold in, holdback, hunk, inch,
   information, information explosion, information theory, ingenue,
   inhibit, input data, input quantity, instant, instructions,
   interest, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, introduction, iota,
   jaquima, jerk line, jest, joke, jot, kickshaw, knickknack,
   knickknackery, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man,
   leading woman, lines, little, little bit, little ways,
   little while, lobster trick, lot, lota, lump, machine language,
   martingale, measure, meed, mere subsistence, mess, message,
   minikin, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, mockery, modicum, moiety,
   molecule, molehill, moment, morsel, mote, mouthful, mucro,
   multiple messages, neb, needle, nib, night shift, no time, noise,
   noseband, notation, number, numeral, numeric data, numero,
   nutshell, octal system, oscillograph data, ounce, output data,
   output quantity, overtime, pair of winks, paring, part, part time,
   particle, pebble, pelham, peppercorn, percentage, person,
   personage, picayune, piece, pin, pinch, pinch of snuff, pinprick,
   pistol shot, pittance, play, point, polar data, pole strap,
   portion, prick, prickle, prologue, proportion, protagonist,
   punch-card data, quantum, quota, rake-off, random data, rap,
   rasher, ration, rectangular data, red cent, redundancy,
   reference quantity, reins, relay, remora, ribbons, role, routine,
   row of pins, ruly english, rush, saddle, scene, scoop, scotch,
   scrap, scrimption, scruple, sea anchor, segment, shackle,
   shaft tug, shard, share, shaving, shift, shit, shiver,
   short allowance, short commons, short distance, short piece,
   short spell, short time, short way, shred, shtick, side,
   side check, sign, signal, signals, single messages, sketch, skit,
   slice, sliver, small share, small space, smidgen, smitch,
   smithereen, snack, snaffle, snap, snatch, sneeshing, snip, snippet,
   song and dance, sou, soubrette, space, span, speck, spell,
   spitting distance, splinter, split schedule, split shift, spoke,
   spoonful, spot, spurt, stake, stand-up comedy act,
   starvation wages, stay, step, sting, stint, stitch, stock, stop,
   straight part, straw, stretch, striptease, stump, sunrise watch,
   supporting character, supporting role, surcingle, swing shift,
   symbol, tack, tackle, tatter, thimbleful, time, tiny bit, tip,
   title role, tittle, tour, tour of duty, toy, trammel, trappings,
   trick, trifle, trifling amount, trinket, trivia, triviality, tug,
   tuppence, turn, turn of work, two cents, two shakes, twopence,
   unorganized data, villain, visible-speech data, walk-on,
   walking part, watch, whet, whim-wham, whit, winker braces,
   withhold, work shift, yoke

[13] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

bit
     basic interconnection test iso 9646-1
     
     

[14] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

bit
     binary digit
     
     

[15] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

bit n. from the mainstream meaning and `binary digit' 1. techspeak
   the unit of information; the amount of information obtained by asking a
   yes-or-no question for which the two outcomes are equally probable. 2.
   techspeak a computational quantity that can take on one of two values,
   such as true and false or 0 and 1. 3. a mental flag: a reminder that
   something should be done eventually. "i have a bit set for you." i
   haven't seen you for a while, and i'm supposed to tell or ask you
   something. 4. more generally, a possibly incorrect mental state of
   belief. "i have a bit set that says that you were the last guy to hack
   on emacs." meaning "i think you were the last guy to hack on emacs, and
   what i am about to say is predicated on this, so please stop me if this
   isn't true."

   "i just need one bit from you" is a polite way of indicating that you
   intend only a short interruption for a question that can presumably be
   answered yes or no.

   a bit is said to be `set' if its value is true or 1, and `reset' or
   `clear' if its value is false or 0. one speaks of setting and clearing
   bits. to toggle or `invert' a bit is to change it, either from 0 to 1
   or from 1 to 0. see also flag, trit, mode bit.

   the term `bit' first appeared in print in the computer-science sense
   in a 1948 paper by information theorist claude shannon, and was there
   credited to the early computer scientist john tukey who also seems to
   have coined the term `software'. tukey records that `bit' evolved over
   a lunch table as a handier alternative to `bigit' or `binit', at a
   conference in the winter of 1943-44.


see also:
toggle flag trit mode bit 

[16] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

bit
     
         b binary digit.
     
        the unit of information; the amount of information obtained by
        asking a yes-or-no question; a computational quantity that can
        take on one of two values, such as false and true or 0 and 1;
        the smallest unit of storage - sufficient to hold one bit.
     
        a bit is said to be "set" if its value is true or 1, and
        "reset" or "clear" if its value is false or 0.  one speaks of
        setting and clearing bits.  to toggle or "invert" a bit is
        to change it, either from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
     
        the term "bit" first appeared in print in the computer-science
        sense in 1949, and seems to have been coined by the eminent
        statistician, john tukey.  tukey records that it evolved
        over a lunch table as a handier alternative to "bigit" or
        "binit".
     
        see also flag, trit, mode bit, byte, word.
     
        jargon file
     
        2002-01-22
     
     
see also:
binary toggle john tukey flag trit mode bit 
byte word jargon file 

[17] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

bit
   the curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. the
   hebrew word metheg so rendered in ps. 32:9 is elsewhere
   translated "bridle" 2 kings 19:28; prov. 26:3; isa. 37:29.
   bits were generally made of bronze or iron, but sometimes also
   of gold or silver. in james 3:3 the authorized version
   translates the greek word by "bits," but the revised version by
   "bridles."
   

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