May 15, 2003

bits

pl.n.

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.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:57 AM

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