(electronics) A fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state.

present participle of chomp at the bit

(US, informal) costing 25 cents / (US, idiomatic, slang) insignificant or worthless

(telecommunications, computing) The time required to send one signal bit.

(computing) A bit (binary digit) used to indicate whether the number of bits in a given set with value of one is even or odd. Parity bits are used as a simple error detection code.

plural of bit part

(historical) A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines; a chad box.

(transitive, computing, humorous, slang) To delete.

A drill bit usually designed for use in soft formation, such as sand clay, or some soft rock. Uses include drilling water wells, that consists of a drill pipe connector attached to blades on the end. The cutting edge of the drag bit is often tungsten carbide.

Alternative form of threepenny bit