Bit

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1 Pronunciation 2 Homophones 3 Noun 4 Translations 5 Verb 6 References 7 Dutch 8 Noun 9 translations 10 Noun 11 translations

Pronunciation

bid

Noun

1. A bit is a piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.
2. A bit is a rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill and is used to make holes.
3. A bit is an eighth of a dollar. A quarter is two bits.
4. A small portion. I'd like a little bit.
5. A digit in a number written in binary (i.e., with a base of 2). In this usage it is a contraction of "binary digit". The value of a bit is either zero or one.
6. The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.

• Breton: gweskenn f -où (1), un tammig (4)
• Bulgarian: мундщук m (1), свредел m (2), късче n (4), бит m (5,6)
• Dutch: bit (1, 5, 6), boorijzer (2), beetje (4)
• German: Gebiß n (1), Mundstück n (1), Bohrer m (2), kleine Münze f (3), Stück(chen) n (4), Bißchen n (4), Wenig n (4), Bissen m (4), Happen m, (4), Bit n (5, 6)
• Indonesian: sedikit (4), bit (5,6)
• Interlingua: morso (1), puncta (2), pauco, poco, morsello (4), bit (5,6)
• Japanese: ちょっと (chotto) / 少々 (しょうしょう, shōshō) / 少し (すこし, sukoshi) (4), ビット (bitto) (5,6)
• Portuguese: morso m, bocado m, bocal m (1); broca f, verruma f, pua f (2), pouco m, bocado m (4); bit m (5,6)

1. past tense of to bite.

   Does your dog bite? No. He bit me! It isn't my dog

Dutch

Noun

bit n

1. A bit is a piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.

• English: bit (1)

1. A bit is a little tool fitted to a small drill used to screw screws.
2. A digit in a number written in binary (i.e., with a base of 2). In this usage it is a contraction of "binary digit". The value of a bit is either zero or one.
3. The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.