bit 6
noundomain: quantity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
Examples
- 1.there are 8 bits in a byte
Hypernym
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
Part_meronym
byte 1
noun
a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
EnglishHyponym
parity bit 1
noun
(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
Part_holonym
byte 1
noun
a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
