Bit
German (Berlin)
/bɪt/
noun
Definitions
- bit eighth of a dollar
- (mathematics) bit binary digit
- (computing) bit smallest unit of storage
- (information theory) bit datum that may take on one of exactly two values
Etymology
Borrowed from English bit (binary digit, morsel).
Origin
English
bit
Gloss
binary digit, morsel
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- BitTorrent English
- Timbit English
- bit English
- bitarray English
- bitboard English
- bitcent English
- bitcoin English
- bitfield English
- bitflag English
- bitflip English
- bitlength English
- bitless English
- bitline English
- bitling English
- bitmap English
- bitmask English
- bitness English
- bitplane English
- bitpop English
- bitrange English
- bitrate English
- bitrot English
- bitset English
- bitsquatting English
- bitstate English
- bitstock English
- bitstream English
- bitstring English
- bittock English
- bitty English
- bitwidth English
- bitwise English
- centerbit English
- centre-bit English
- centrebit English
- dogbit English
- exabit English
- fakebit English
- frogbit English
- gibibit English
- gigabit English
- interbit English
- kbit English
- kibibit English
- killbit English
- kilobit English
- mebibit English
- megabit English
- multibit English
- overbit English
- pebibit English
- petabit English
- quadbit English
- snakebit English
- tebibit English
- terabit English
- tidbit English
- unbit English
- yottabit English
- zettabit English
- bitti Finnish
- bitweise German
- bit Hungarian
- bit Italian
- chilobit Italian
- gigabit Italian
- megabit Italian
- bit French
- mégabit French
- bit Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- bit Portuguese
- bitte Middle English
- biti Old Norse
- bit Czech
- բիթ Armenian
- bit Indonesian
- bico Ido
- 比特 Chinese
- 비트 Korean