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B0284600 (bĭt)n.1. A small portion, degree, or amount: a bit of lint; a bit of luck.2. A brief amount of time; a moment: Wait a bit.3. a. A short scene or episode in a theatrical performance.b. A bit part.4. An entertainment routine given regularly by a performer; an act.5. Informal a. A particular kind of action, situation, or behavior: got tired of the macho bit.b. A matter being considered: What's this bit about inflation?6. Informal An amount equal to one eighth of a dollar: two bits.7. Chiefly British A small coin: a threepenny bit.Idioms: a bit To a small degree; somewhat: a bit warm. bit by bit Little by little; gradually. do (one's) bit To do one's part or contribute one's share.

[Middle English bite, morsel, from Old English bita; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

bit²

B0284600 (bĭt)n.1. The sharp part of a tool, such as the cutting edge of a knife or axe.2. A pointed and threaded tool for drilling and boring that is secured in a brace, bitstock, or drill press.3. The part of a key that enters the lock and engages the bolt and tumblers.4. The tip of the mouthpiece on a pipe or a cigarette or cigar holder.5. The metal mouthpiece of a bridle, serving to control, curb, and direct an animal.6. Something that controls, guides, or curbs.tr.v. bit·ted, bit·ting, bits 1. To place a bit in the mouth of (a horse, for example).2. To check or control with or as if with a bit.3. To make or grind a bit on (a key).Idiom: have/take the bit in one's teeth To be uncontrollable; cast off restraint.

[Middle English bite, from Old English, act of biting; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

bit³

B0284600 (bĭt)n. Computers A binary digit, having either the value 0 or 1, used to store or represent data.

[From b(inary dig)it.]

bit⁴

B0284600 (bĭt)v.Past tense and a past participle of bite.

bit

(bɪt) n1. a small piece, portion, or quantity2. a short time or distance3. informal US and Canadian the value of an eighth of a dollar: spoken of only in units of two: two bits. 4. any small coin5. (Theatre) short for bit part6. informal way of behaving, esp one intended to create a particular impression: she's doing the prima donna bit. 7. a bit rather; somewhat: a bit dreary. 8. a bit of a. rather: a bit of a dope. b. a considerable amount: that must take quite a bit of courage. 9. a bit of all right a bit of crumpet a bit of stuff a bit of tail slang Brit a sexually attractive woman10. bit by bit gradually11. bit on the side informal an extramarital affair12. do one's bit to make one's expected contribution13. every bit (foll by as) to the same degree: she was every bit as clever as her brother. 14. not a bit not a bit of it not in the slightest; not at all15. to bits completely apart: to fall to bits. [Old English bite action of biting; see bite]

bit

(bɪt) n1. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a metal mouthpiece, for controlling a horse on a bridle2. anything that restrains or curbs3. take the bit in one's teeth take the bit between one's teeth have the bit in one's teeth have the bit between one's teeth a. to undertake a task with determinationb. to rebel against control4. (Mechanical Engineering) a cutting or drilling tool, part, or head in a brace, drill, etc5. (Mechanical Engineering) the blade of a woodworking plane6. (Tools) the part of a pair of pincers designed to grasp an object7. (General Engineering) the copper end of a soldering iron8. (Tools) the part of a key that engages the levers of a lockvb (tr) , bits, bitting or bitted9. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to put a bit in the mouth of (a horse)10. to restrain; curb[Old English bita; related to Old English bītan to bite]

bit

(bɪt) vb the past tense and (archaic) past participle of bite

bit

(bɪt) n1. (Mathematics) a single digit of binary notation, represented either by 0 or by 12. (Mathematics) the smallest unit of information, indicating the presence or absence of a single feature3. (Mathematics) a unit of capacity of a computer, consisting of an element of its physical structure capable of being in either of two states, such as a switch with on and off positions, or a microscopic magnet capable of alignment in two directions[C20: from abbreviation of binary digit]

bit¹

(bɪt)

n., v. bit•ted, bit•ting. n. 1. the mouthpiece of a bridle, having fittings at each end to which the reins are fastened. 2. anything that curbs or restrains. 3. a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like. 4. the cutting part of an ax or hatchet. 5. the wide portion at the end of an ordinary key that moves the bolt. v.t. 6. to put a bit in the mouth of (a horse). 7. to curb with or as if with a bit. 8. to grind a bit on (a key). Idioms: 1. chafe or champ at the bit, to become impatient and restless because of delay. 2. take the bit in or between one's teeth, to reject control; go one's own way. [before 900; Middle English bite, Old English: action of biting; c. Old High German biz. See bite]

bit²

(bɪt)

n. 1. a small piece or quantity of something. 2. a short time: Wait a bit. 3. a stereotypic set of behaviors, attitudes, or actions associated with a particular role, situation, etc.: the whole Wall Street bit. 4. Also called bit part. a very small role containing few or no lines. Compare walk-on (def. 1). 5. Informal. an amount equivalent to 12½ cents (used only in even multiples): two bits. Idioms: 1. a bit, somewhat; a little: a bit sleepy. 2. a bit much, somewhat overdone or beyond tolerability. 3. bit by bit, by degrees; gradually. 4. do one's bit, to contribute one's share to an effort. 5. every bit, quite; just: every bit as good. 6. quite a bit, a fairly large amount. [before 1000; Middle English bite, Old English bita bit, morsel; c. Old High German bizzo, Old Norse biti. See bite]

bit³

(bɪt)

n. a single, basic unit of computer information, valued at either 0 or 1 to signal binary alternatives. [1945–50; bi (nary) + (digi) t]

bit⁴

(bɪt)

v. pt. and a pp. of bite.

bit

(bĭt) The smallest unit of computer memory. A bit holds one of two possible values, either of the binary digits 0 or 1. See Note at byte.

bit

1. 'bit'

A bit is a small amount or a small part of something.

There's a bit of cake left.He found a few bits of wood in the garage.2. 'a bit'

A bit means 'to a small degree'.

She looks a bit like her mother.He was a bit deaf.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'a bit' with an adjective in front of a noun. Don't say, for example, 'He was a bit deaf man'.

3. 'a bit of'

In conversation and in less formal writing, you can use a bit of in front of a and a noun. You do this to make a statement seem less extreme.

Our room was a bit of a mess too.His question came as a bit of a shock.4. 'a bit' and 'one bit' with negatives

You can add a bit or one bit at the end of a negative statement to make it stronger.

I don't like this one bit.She hadn't changed a bit.5. 'not a bit'

You can use not a bit in front of an adjective to emphasize that someone or something does not have a particular quality. For example, if you say you are not a bit hungry, you mean you are not hungry at all.

They're not a bit interested.I wasn't a bit surprised by the news.6. 'for a bit'

For a bit means 'for a short period of time'.

She was silent for a bit.Why can't we stay here for a bit?

bit

Past participle: bitted
Gerund: bitting

Imperative
bit
bit

Present
I bit
you bit
he/she/it bits
we bit
you bit
they bit

Preterite
I bitted
you bitted
he/she/it bitted
we bitted
you bitted
they bitted

Present Continuous
I am bitting
you are bitting
he/she/it is bitting
we are bitting
you are bitting
they are bitting

Present Perfect
I have bitted
you have bitted
he/she/it has bitted
we have bitted
you have bitted
they have bitted

Past Continuous
I was bitting
you were bitting
he/she/it was bitting
we were bitting
you were bitting
they were bitting

Past Perfect
I had bitted
you had bitted
he/she/it had bitted
we had bitted
you had bitted
they had bitted

Future
I will bit
you will bit
he/she/it will bit
we will bit
you will bit
they will bit

Future Perfect
I will have bitted
you will have bitted
he/she/it will have bitted
we will have bitted
you will have bitted
they will have bitted

Future Continuous
I will be bitting
you will be bitting
he/she/it will be bitting
we will be bitting
you will be bitting
they will be bitting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bitting
you have been bitting
he/she/it has been bitting
we have been bitting
you have been bitting
they have been bitting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bitting
you will have been bitting
he/she/it will have been bitting
we will have been bitting
you will have been bitting
they will have been bitting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bitting
you had been bitting
he/she/it had been bitting
we had been bitting
you had been bitting
they had been bitting

Conditional
I would bit
you would bit
he/she/it would bit
we would bit
you would bit
they would bit

Past Conditional
I would have bitted
you would have bitted
he/she/it would have bitted
we would have bitted
you would have bitted
they would have bitted

bit

Short for binary digit, either 1 or 0.

Bridle bit

A steel rod inserted in a horse’s mouth and held in place by the rest of the bridle. Horses are guided by means of reins (lines) attached to each side of the bit. While oxen could be guided from a ring in their nose, horses apparently did not respond well to that approach, and almost as soon as evidence of domestic horses first appeared in a region, the bit also appeared. Bits for riding bridles have always tended to be quite elaborate, but some of the basic workhorse bits looked just like those in the British Museum dating back almost a thousand years.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bit - a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind"spotsmall indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
	2.	bit - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"chip, fleck, scrap, flakefragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"matchwood - fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood"exfoliation, scurf, scale - a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skinscurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant partssliver, splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
	3.	bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"mo, moment, second, minutetime - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flash - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
	4.	bit - an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"piececase, instance, example - an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
	5.	bit - piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit"bar bit - a bit for horses that is a solid bar of metalbridle - headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver controlbridoon - a bit resembling a snaffle bit; used with a separate curbcurb bit, curb - a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horsePelham - a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snafflesnaffle, snaffle bit - a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curbsaddlery, stable gear, tack - gear for a horse
	6.	bit - a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte"unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"check bit, parity bit, parity - (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an errorbyte - a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
	7.	bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"bite, morselmouthful, taste - a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad - a wad of something chewable as tobaccocrumb - small piece of e.g. bread or cakesop, sops - piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
	8.	bit - a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"snatchfragment - an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play"
	9.	bit - a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"routine, number, act, turnperformance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity"showstopper, show-stopper, stopper - an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
	10.	bit - the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblerskey - metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotatedpart, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
	11.	bit - the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit"bur, burr - small bit used in dentistry or surgerycenter bit, centre bit - a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutterschamfer bit - a bit that is used for bevelingcounterbore, countersink bit, countersink - a bit for enlarging the upper part of a holecutting implement - a tool used for cutting or slicingdrill - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)drill bit, drilling bit - a bit used in drilling for oilexpansion bit, expansive bit - a bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to different sizespilot bit - a small bit that drills a first hole to guide a larger drillshank - cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drillspade bit - a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either sidetwist bit, twist drill - a bit or drill having deep helical grooves

bit

¹noun1. slice, segment, fragment, crumb, mouthful, small piece, morsel a bit of cake2. piece, scrap, small piece crumpled bits of paper3. jot, whit, tittle, iota All it required was a bit of work.4. part, moment, period The best bit was the car chase5. little while, time, second, minute, moment, spell, instant, tick (Brit. informal), jiffy (informal) Let's wait a bit.a bit somewhat, rather, quite, kind of (informal), pretty, fairly, slightly, moderately, to some extent This girl was a bit strange.bit by bit little by little, slowly, progressively, steadily, step by step, by degrees Bit by bit I began to understand what they were trying to do.do your bit aid, help, assist, cooperate, lend a hand, lend a helping hand She always tried to do her bit.

bit

²noun curb, check, brake, restraint, snaffle The horse can be controlled by a snaffle bit and reins.take the bit in or between your teeth get to grips with something, get stuck in (informal), tackle something, get down to something, set about something, make a start on something I got the bit between my teeth and did my best

bit¹

noun1. A tiny amount:crumb, dab, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit.Chiefly British: spot.2. A small portion of food:crumb, morsel, mouthful, piece.Informal: bite.3. A usually brief detail of news or information:item, paragraph, piece, squib, story.4. A rather short period:space, spell, time, while.5. Informal. A particular kind of activity:Slang: routine.

bit²

nounAn instrument or means of restraining:brake, bridle, leash, restraint, snaffle.verbTo control, restrict, or arrest:brake, bridle, check, constrain, curb, hold, hold back, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, pull in, rein (back, in, or up), restrain.

Translations

小块小片少许少量比特

bit¹

(bit) noun1. a small piece. a bit of bread. 少量，少许，小片，小块 2. a piece of any size. a bit of advice. 一些，一点 3. a short time. Wait a bit longer.一会儿4. (computers) the smallest unit of memory. （计算机）位元，比特 ˈbitty (informal) adjective made up of small, unrelated pieces. We had a very bitty conversation; His essay was rather bitty.片断的bit by bit gradually. Move the pile of rocks bit by bit.渐渐地do one's bit to take one's share in a task. Each of us will have to do his bit if we are to finish the job soon. 做自己份内的事，尽自己的一分力量 in, to bits in(to) usually small pieces. The broken mirror lay in bits on the floor; He loves taking his car to bits.小碎片

bit³

(bit) noun the part of a bridle which a horse holds in its mouth. 马嚼子

bit

→ 小块zhCN

It's a little too hot (US)
It's a bit too hot (UK) → 有点太热了

bit

bit:

see drilldrill,
tool used to create a hole, usually in some hard substance, by its rotary or hammering action. Many different tools make up the drill family. The awl is a pointed instrument used for piercing small holes.
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Bit

part of the bridle of a horse’s harness. Bits appeared in the late Bronze Age, when the horse was first used as a beast of burden. Originally they were made of soft material (sinew) and were secured in the horse’s mouth by bone cheekpieces. Bronze bits and cheekpieces appeared at the turn of the first millennium B.C., and iron bits were prevalent in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. Iron snaffles with movable rings at the ends were used in Rus’. In the late Middle Ages, bits were very intricate and sometimes richly ornamented. Modern bits consist of two parts and have snaffle rings.

bit

[bit] (computer science) A unit of information content equal to one binary decision or the designation of one of two possible and equally likely values or states of anything used to store or convey information. A dimensionless unit of storage capacity specifying that the capacity of a storage device is expressed by the logarithm to the base 2 of the number of possible states of the device. (design engineering) A machine part for drilling or boring. The cutting plate of a plane. The blade of a cutting tool such as an ax. A removable tooth of a saw. Any cutting device which is attached to or part of a drill rod or drill string to bore or penetrate rocks. (mathematics) In a pure binary numeration system, either of the digits 0 or 1. Also known as bigit; binary digit. (metallurgy) In soldering, the portion of the iron that transfers either heat or solder to the joint involved.

Bit

A binary digit. In the computer, electronics, and communications fields, “bit” is generally understood as a shortened form of “binary digit.” In a numerical binary system, a bit is either a 0 or 1. Bits are generally used to indicate situations that can take one of two values or one of two states, for example, on and off, true or false, or yes or no. If, by convention, 1 represents a particular state, then 0 represents the other state. For example, if 1 stands for “yes,” then 0 stands for “no.”

In a computer system a bit is thought of as the basic unit of memory where, by convention, only either a 0 or 1 can be stored. In a computer memory, consecutive bits are grouped to form smaller or larger “units” of memory. Depending upon the design of the computer, units up to 64 bits long have been considered. Although there is common agreement as to the number of bits that make up a byte, for larger memory units the terminology depends entirely on the convention used by the manufacturer. In all of these units the leftmost bit is generally called the most significant bit (msb) and the rightmost the least significant bit (lsb).

Bytes and larger units can be used to represent numerical quantities. In these cases the most significant bit is used to indicate the “sign” of the value being represented. By convention a 0 in the msb represents a positive quantity; a 1 represents a negative quantity. Depending on the convention used to represent these numbers, the remaining bits may then be used to represent the numerical value. In addition to numerical quantities, bytes are used to represent characters inside a computer. These characters include all letters of the English alphabet, the digits 0 through 9, and symbols such as comma, period, right and left parentheses, spaces, and tabs. Characters can be represented using ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) or EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code). The latter is used by some mainframe computers. Computers are set up to handle only one of these two character codes. Generally, the internal representation of a character is different in the two codes. For instance, in ASCII the plus sign is represented by the numerical sequence 00101011, and in EBCDIC, by 01001110.

bit

bit, 1 1. A small tool which fits in the chuck of a brace or drill, and by which it is rotated—thereby cutting or boring a hole. 2. The projecting blade of a key which is cut in a manner to actuate the tumblers and permit the lock bolts to be operated. 3. That part of a soldering iron which transfers heat and solder to the joint. 4. The cutting edge of a plane.

bit

¹1. a metal mouthpiece, for controlling a horse on a bridle 2. a cutting or drilling tool, part, or head in a brace, drill, etc 3. the blade of a woodworking plane 4. the part of a pair of pincers designed to grasp an object 5. the copper end of a soldering iron 6. the part of a key that engages the levers of a lock

bit

² Maths Computing1. a single digit of binary notation, represented either by 0 or by 1 2. the smallest unit of information, indicating the presence or absence of a single feature 3. a unit of capacity of a computer, consisting of an element of its physical structure capable of being in either of two states, such as a switch with on and off positions, or a microscopic magnet capable of alignment in two directions

bit

(unit)(b) binary digit.

The unit of information; the amount of information obtained byasking a yes-or-no question; a computational quantity that cantake on one of two values, such as false and true or 0 and 1;the smallest unit of storage - sufficient to hold one bit.

A bit is said to be "set" if its value is true or 1, and"reset" or "clear" if its value is false or 0. One speaks ofsetting and clearing bits. To toggle or "invert" a bit isto change it, either from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.

The term "bit" first appeared in print in the computer-sciencesense in 1949, and seems to have been coined by the eminentstatistician, John Tukey. Tukey records that it evolvedover a lunch table as a handier alternative to "bigit" or"binit".

See also flag, trit, mode bit, byte, word.

bit

(1) (Built-In Test) See BIST.

(2) (BInary digiT) The smallest element of computer storage. The bit is a single digit in a binary number containing only 0s and 1s. Physically the bit is a transistor and capacitor in a RAM cell, a magnetic domain on disk or tape, a cell in a solid state drive (SSD), a spot on optical media or a voltage pulsing through a circuit.

Transmitting Bits
Bits are used as a measurement for network transmission. For example, one hundred megabits per second (100 Mbps) means that 100 million pulses are transmitted per second. See space/time.

Storing Bytes
Eight bits make up a "byte," which is manipulated as one entity. Each byte can store one alphanumeric character, one decimal digit or a decimal number from 0 to 256 (see binary number and binary values). Measurements of files, databases, storage drives and memory (RAM) are given in bytes rather than bits. See space/time and word.

Storage - Making it Smaller

Making the spot or cell smaller increases the storage capacity. Today's storage drives hold staggering amounts of data compared to 10 years ago. For a fascinating storage technology that never became popular, see holographic storage.

Storage - Making it Smaller

Making the spot or cell smaller increases the storage capacity. Today's storage drives hold staggering amounts of data compared to 10 years ago. For a fascinating storage technology that never became popular, see holographic storage.

Transmission - Making it Faster

The bit is transmitted as a pulse of high or low voltage. Speed is increased by making the transistors open and close faster, illustrated here as a mechanical switch. Transmitting pulses within the computer is much simpler than over an external network where they are influenced by distance and interference. However, the telephone companies pioneered optical trunks, which overcame these limitations.

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