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bit

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"

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"

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"

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"

Synonyms:

• 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