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• hobbit n. 1. [rare] The High Order BIT of a byte
  ame as the meta bit or high bit. 2. The non-ITS name of vad@ai....
• 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...
• 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...
• meta bit: n. The top bit of an 8-bit character, which is on in character values 128--255.
  Also called {high bit}, {alt bit}, or {hobbit}....
• enior bit: [IBM] n. Syn. {meta bit}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• meta bit n. The top bit of an 8-bit character, which is on in character values 128-255.
  Also called high bit, alt bit, or (rarely) hobbit....
• 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....
• vadding: /vad'ing/ [from VAD, a permutation of ADV (i.
  e., {ADVENT}), used to avoid a particular {admin}'s continual search-and-destroy sweeps for the game] n....
• cretinous: /kret'n-*s/ or /kreet'n-*s/ adj. Wrong; stupid
  non-functional; very poorly designed. Also used pejoratively of people....