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• dread high-bit disease: n. A condition endemic to PRIME (a.
  k.a. PR1ME) minicomputers that results in all the characters having their high (0x80) bit ON rather than OFF....
• high bit: [from `high-order bit'] n. 1. The most significant bit in a byte.
  2. By extension, the most significant part of something other than a data byte...
• bit-paired keyboard n.,obs. (alt. `bit-shift keyboard') A non-standard keyboard layout that seems to have originated with the Teletype ASR-33 and remained common for several years on early computer equipment.
  The ASR-33 was a mechanical device (see EOU), so the only way to generate the character codes from keystrokes was by some physical linkage....
• bit bang: n. Transmission of data on a serial line, when accomplished by rapidly tweaking a single output bit, in software, at the appropriate times.
  The technique is a simple loop with eight OUT and SHIFT instruction pairs for each byte....
• bit bang n. Transmission of data on a serial line, when accomplished by rapidly tweaking a single output bit, in software, at the appropriate times.
  The technique is a simple loop with eight OUT and SHIFT instruction pairs for each byte....
• high bit n. [from `high-order bit'] 1. The most significant bit in a byte.
  2. [common] By extension, the most significant part of something other than a data byte...
• prime time: [from TV programming] n. Normal high-usage hours on a timesharing system
  he day shift. Avoidance of prime time was traditionally given as a major reason for {night mode} hacking....
• prime time n. [from TV programming] Normal high-usage hours on a system or network.
  Back in the days of big timesharing machines `prime time' was when lots of people were competing for limited cycles, usually the day shift....
• cretinous /kret'n-*s/ or /kreet'n-*s/ adj. Wrong
  stupid; non-functional; very poorly designed. Also used pejoratively of people....