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,
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,
Related:
- 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... - core dump n.
[common Iron Age jargon, preserved by
Unix] 1.
[techspeak] A copy of the contents of core, produced... - core dump: n. [common {Iron Age} jargon, preserved by UNIX]
1.
[techspeak] A copy of the contents of {core}, produced... - dump: n. 1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information about
a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output... - dump n.
1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information
about a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output... - raw mode n.
A mode that allows a program to transfer
bits directly to or from an I/O device (or,
under bogus operating systems that make a distinction... - raw mode: n. A mode that allows a program to transfer bits
directly to or from an I/O device (or,
under {bogus} systems that make a distinction, a... - softcopy /soft'kop-ee/ n.
[by analogy with `hardcopy']
A machine-readable form of corresponding hardcopy.
See bits, machinable... - green bytes: n. (also `green words') 1. Meta-information
embedded in a file,
such as the length of the file or its name; as opposed...
