:bits: n.pl. 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}, {source of all good bits} See also {bit}.
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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}, {source of all good bits} See also {bit}.
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Related:
- bits pl.n.
1. Information. Examples: "I need some bits
about file formats
("I need to know about file formats.") Compare... - core dump: n. [common {Iron Age} jargon, preserved by UNIX]
1
[techspeak] A copy of the contents of {core}, produced... - source of all good bits: n. A person from whom (or a place from
which) useful information may be obtained
If you need to know about a program, a {guru} might... - bit bucket n.
[very common] 1. The universal data sink
(originally
the mythical receptacle used to catch bits when they... - core dump n.
[common Iron Age jargon, preserved by
Unix] 1
[techspeak] A copy of the contents of core, produced... - softcopy: /soft'kop-ee/ n. [by analogy with `hardcopy'] A
machine-readable form of corresponding hardcopy
See {bits}, {machinable}. -- The AI Hackers... - diff: /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving
differences between (and additions to) source code or documents
(the term is often used in the plural `diffs')
Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare... - 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... - nybble /nib'l/ (alt. `nibble') n.
[from v.
`nibble' by analogy with `bite' =>
`byte'] Four bits; one hex digit; a half-byte. ...
