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Etymology 1
OE. term|bita|langang and term|bite|langang - all from proto|Germanic|biton, from proto|Indo-European|bheid-|to split.

Noun
en-noun

1. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.
2. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to make holes.
3. An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents.

#: A quarter is two bits.

1. context|dated|UK A coin of a specified value.

#: A threepenny bit.

1. A small piece of something.

#: There were bits of paper all over the floor.

1. A portion of something.

#: I'd like a big bit of cake, please.

1. slang A prison sentence.
2. An excerpt of material from a stand-up comedian's repertoire.

Synonyms
sense|coin coin, piece
sense|small piece morsel i|of food, piece, scrap
sense|portion portion, share, segment
sense|horse equipment snaffle, pelham, kimberwicke

Translations
trans-top|metal in horse's mouth
Dutch: #Dutch|bit n
German: Gebi� n, Mundstück n
Italian: morso m
Portuguese: bocado m, bocal m, morso m
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Portuguese: freio m qualifier|Brazil
Russian: �дила (udilá) p
Spanish: bocado m
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trans-top|rotary cutting tool
Dutch: bit m
German: Bohrer m
Portuguese: broca f, pua f, verruma f
trans-mid
Russian: �ве�ло (sv'erló) n
Spanish: broca f
Telugu: బి���� (biTTu)
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trans-top|eighth of a dollar
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trans-top|coin
See coin
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trans-top|small piece
Dutch: beetje, hapje (of food)
Finnish: pala, palanen
French: petit morceau m, peu m
German: Bi�chen n, Wenig n, Bissen n, Stück n, Stückchen n, Happen#German|Happen m i|of food
Italian: poco m, poca f
Japanese: ���� (chotto) / �� (������, sh�sh�) / �� (���, sukoshi)
trans-mid
Portuguese: bocado m, pedaço m, porção f
Russian: к��ок (kusók) m
Slovene: koš�ek m
Swedish: #Swedish|bit c
Telugu: మ���� (mukka), త��ప� (tuMpu), త�న� (tunaka)
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trans-top|portion
Portuguese: bocado m, pedaço m, porção f
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Russian: к��ок (kusók) m
Swedish: #Swedish|bit c
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Breton: gweskenn f -où (1), un tammig (4)
ttbc|Bulgarian: м�нд��к m (1), �в�едел m (2), к���е n (4)
ttbc|Indonesian: sedikit (4)
ttbc|Interlingua: morso (1), puncta (2), pauco, poco, morsello (4)

Adverb
en-adv|-

1. To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").

#: That's a bit too sweet.

Verb
bit

1. simple past of|bite

#: Your dog bit me!

Derived terms
a bit<!--adverb: as in "I like it a bit, but not much"-->
bit-banger
bit by bit
bit on the side
bit of rough
bit part
bits and bobs
bits and pieces
bitty
brace and bit
champ at the bit<!--not "chomp"-->
do one's bit
fall to bits
itty-bitty
not a bit, not one bit
quite a bit
snakebit
two-bit

Etymology 2
Coined by w:John Tukey|John Tukey in 1946 as an abbreviation of term|binary digit, probably influenced by connotations of â��small portionâ��.¹² Compare term|byte and term|nybble.

Noun
en-noun

1. context|mathematics|computing A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
2. computing The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
3. context|information theory|cryptography Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.

Translations
trans-top|binary digit
Dutch: #Dutch|bit m
Finnish: bitti
French: #French|bit m
German: Bit n
Greek: δ��ίο n
Hebrew: ��� m
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trreq|Icelandic
Japanese: ��� (bitto)
Latvian: bits m
Lithuanian: t+|lt|bitas|m
Russian: би� m
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trans-top|smallest unit of storage
Dutch: #Dutch|bit m
Finnish: bitti
German: Bit n
Greek: δ��ίο n
Latvian bits m
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Japanese: ��� (bitto)
Lithuanian: t+|lt|bitas|m
Portuguese: #Portuguese|bit m
Swedish: #Swedish|bit c
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trans-top|datum that may take on one of exactly two values
Dutch: #Dutch|bit m
German: Bit n
Greek: δ��ίο n
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Lithuanian: t+|lt|bitas|m
Portuguese: #Portuguese|bit m
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Bulgarian: би� m (5,6)
ttbc|Indonesian: bit (5,6)
ttbc|Interlingua: bit (5,6)

Derived terms
bit-depth
bitwise
hidden bit
high-order bit
least significant bit
most significant bit

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Croatian

Noun
infl|hr|noun

1. (gen.) essence.

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-bit.ogg|audio

Etymology 1
rfe

Noun
infl|cs|noun|g=m

1. computing|lang=cs #English|bit

Declension
cs-noun-decl|bit|bitu|bitu|bit|bite|bitu|bitem|bity|bitů|bitům|bity|bity|bitech|bity

Etymology 2
From PS.|cs term|biti < PIE.|cs *bheyH-.

Verb
infl|cs|verb

1. To beat.

Dutch

Noun
infl|nl|noun|g=n

1. #English|bit i|for a working animal
2. #English|bit i|rotary cutting tool
3. #English|bit i|binary digit
4. #English|bit i|unit of storage
5. #English|bit i|datum with two possible values

Spanish

Noun
es-noun-m

1. #English|bit i|binary digit

Swedish

Etymology 1
rfe

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-bit.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-reg-ar
infl|sv|noun

1. #English|bit i|small piece
2. #English|bit i|portion

Etymology 2
From English bit < binary digit

Noun
sv-noun-reg-ar
infl|sv|noun

1. #English|bit i|binary digit
2. #English|bit i|unit of storage

Etymology 3
rfe

Verb
infl|sv|verb form

1. form of|Imperative|bita

See also
pusselbit
sockerbit

Turkish

Verb
infl|tr|verb

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