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If A Binary Digit Is A Bit, What Is A Trinary Digit?
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If a binary digit is a bit, what is a trinary digit?
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bit n. [from the mainstream meaning and `Binary digIT'] 1.
[techspeak] The unit of information; the amount of information obtained by asking a yes-or-no question for which the two outcomes are equally probable....
it /trit/ n. [by analogy with `bit'] One base-3 digi
he amount of information conveyed by a selection among one of three equally likely outcomes (see also bit)....
it: /trit/ [by analogy with `bit'] n. One base-3 digi
he amount of information conveyed by a selection among one of three equally likely outcomes (see also {bit})....
hexit /hek'sit/ n. A hexadecimal digit (0-9, and A-F or a-f).
Used by people who claim that there are only ten digits, dammi...
hexit: /hek'sit/ n. A hexadecimal digit (0--9, and A--F or a--f).
Used by people who claim that there are only *ten* digits, dammi...
digit n.,obs. An employee of Digital Equipment Corporation.
See also VAX, VMS, PDP-10, TOPS-10, field circus....