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• 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}....
• 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....
• alt: /awlt/ 1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or {clone} keyboard
  ee {bucky bits}, sense 2 (though typical PC usage does not simply set the 0200 bit)....
• enior bit n. [IBM; rare] Syn. meta bit.
• enior bit: [IBM] n. Syn. {meta bit}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• 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...
• alt /awlt/ 1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or clone keyboard
  ee bucky bits, sense 2 (though typical PC usage does not simply set the 0200 bit)....
• Programmers do it bit by bit!