1. Information. Examples: I need some bits about file
formats.
(I need to know about file formats.
)
Compare core dump, sense 4.
2. Machine-readable representation of a document, specifically as
contrasted with paper: I have only a photocopy of the Jargon File;
does anyone know where I can get the bits?
. See
softcopy,
source of all good bits See also bit.