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Japanese word
ビット
Pronunciation
Romajibitto
Meaning
- nounbit
Example
この画像は八ビットで保存されています。ko no ga zō wa hachi bi tto de ho zon sa re te i ma su
This image is stored in eight bits.
More examples
音声のビットレートを下げると、ファイルが小さくなります。on sei no bi tto rē to o sa ge ru to fa i ru ga chii sa ku na ri ma su
Lowering the audio bit rate makes the file smaller.
Core concept
Represents one binary choice, forming the smallest unit from which digital information is built.
Common phrases
ビットレートbi tto rē to
bit rate
ビット演算bi tto en zan
bitwise operation
16ビット音声16 bi tto on sei
16-bit audio
Definition in Japanese
二進法で表される情報の最小単位で、零または一のどちらか一つで示すもの。nitchi hō de arawa sa re ru jō hō no sai shō tan i de rei ma ta wa ichi no do chi ra ka hito tsu de shime su mo no
Word origin
The noun ビット (bitto) is borrowed from English bit, whose computing sense was coined by John Tukey in 1947 as a short form of binary digit.
Usage tips
- The familiar term 8-bit means that each value uses eight binary places, allowing 256 different combinations from all zeros to all ones.
Other meanings
- drill bitnoun