:senior bit: [IBM] n. Syn. {meta bit}.
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- senior bit n.
[IBM; rare] Syn.
meta bit... - hobbit: n. 1. The High Order Bit of a byte; same as the {meta
bit} or {high bit}.
2. The non-ITS name of vad@ai.mit.edu (*Hobbit*)... - crumb: n. Two binary digits; a {quad}. Larger than a {bit},
smaller than a {nybble}. Considered silly. Syn. {tayste}... - 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}... - high bit: [from `high-order bit'] n. 1. The most significant
bit in a byte.
2. By extension, the most significant part of something... - netsplit: n. Syn. {netburp}.
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two (usually quite different) modes of operation.
The connotations are different from {flag} bit in... - blitter: /blit'r/ n. A special-purpose chip or hardware system
built to perform {blit} operations,
esp. used for fast implementation of bit-mapped...
