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• bit — [n1] tiny piece atom, butt, chicken feed*, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule,morsel, niggle …   New thesaurus

• bit — bit1 W1S1 [bıt] adv, pron ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(only slightly)¦ 2¦(amount)¦ 3¦(quite a lot)¦ 4¦(time/distance)¦ 5 a bit of a something 6 not a bit/not one bit 7 every bit as important/bad/good etc 8 bit by bit 9 a/one bit at a time …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bit — bit1 function word *** A bit can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: We waited a bit, and then decided to go. (before an adjective or adverb): It s a bit cold in here, isn t it? as a pronoun: She d only eaten a bit before she started… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bit — 1 /bIt/ noun (C) 1 SLIGHTLY/FAIRLY a bit informal, especially BrE a) slightly, but not very; a little: Could you turn the radio down a bit, please? | Stay a bit longer it s still early. | I think you re a bit young to be watching this. | a bit… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bit — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bitt, from Old English bite act of biting; akin to Old English bītan bite Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) the biting or cutting edge or part of a tool (2) a replaceable part of a compound tool that actually performs …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Bit error ratio — In telecommunication, an error ratio is the ratio of the number of bits, elements, characters, or blocks incorrectly received to the total number of bits, elements, characters, or blocks sent during a specified time interval.The most commonly… …   Wikipedia

• bit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scrap, mite; slice, piece; tool, drill; curb; informal, routine. See part, littleness, speciality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A small quantity] Syn. piece, fragment, crumb, dot, particle, jot, trifle,… …   English dictionary for students

• bit error rate — (BER)    The number of erroneous bits divided by the total number of bits over a stipulated period of time. The BER is usually expressed as a number and a power of 10 (e.g., 2.5 erroneous bits out of 100,000 bits transmitted would be 2.5 in 10 or …   IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations

• a bit — adverb to a small degree; somewhat (Freq. 21) it s a bit warm felt a little better a trifle smaller • Syn: ↑a little, ↑a trifle * * * somewhat; …   Useful english dictionary

• 64-bit — CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1960s and in RISC based workstations and servers since the early 1990s. In 2003 they were introduced to the (previously 32 bit) mainstream personal computer arena, in the form of the x86 64 and 64 bit …   Wikipedia

• Characters of 8-Bit Theater — The events in the webcomic 8 Bit Theater center around four major characters the Light Warriors and a number of minor ones.The Light WarriorsBlack Mage, Fighter, Thief and Red Mage are the protagonists of the story, a dysfunctional group of… …   Wikipedia