Definitions for bit bucket
bit buck·et

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1. bit bucketnoun

   The supposed place where bits go when they fall of the end of a register during a shift operation; the great Recycle Bin in the sky; used to describe lost or missing information

2. bit bucketnoun

   The supposed place where bits go when they fall off the end of a register during a shift operation; the resting-place of lost or missing digital information.

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1. Bit bucket

   In computing, the bit bucket is jargon for where lost computerized data has gone, by any means; any data which does not end up where it is supposed to, being lost in transmission, a computer crash, or the like, is said to have gone to the bit bucket — that mysterious place on a computer where lost documents go, as in: Originally, the bit bucket was the container on Teletype machines or IBM key punch machines into which chad from the paper tape punch or card punch was deposited; the formal name is "chad box" or "chip box". The term was then generalized into any place where useless bits go. In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, this term is used to refer to /dev/null. On HP OpenVMS, this term refers to device "NLA0:". The same Univac 90/60 operating systems such as VS/9, it referred to "*DUMMY". On the DEC PDP-11, the bit bucket is "NL:". On DOS and Windows CMD, it is the "NUL" device, or simply "$null" in PowerShell. The bit bucket is also used in discussions of bit shift operations. When the width of a given binary number is fixed, one or more bits are lost when performing a simple shift. These bits are said to have "fallen off" or to have "fallen into the bit bucket". Some CPUs move the last bit shifted off the end of a number during a shift into the carry flag during some or all shift operations; since the bit bucket is usually considered the place where discarded bits go, the carry flag in this case would probably be excluded from the bit bucket—unless, perhaps, the speaker intended to ignore the bit saved in the carry flag and treat it as though it had been truly discarded.

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1. bit bucket

   [very common] 1. The universal data sink (originally, the mythical receptacle used to catch bits when they fall off the end of a register during a shift instruction). Discarded, lost, or destroyed data is said to have gone to the bit bucket. On Unix, often used for /dev/null. Sometimes amplified as the Great Bit Bucket in the Sky. 2. The place where all lost mail and news messages eventually go. The selection is performed according to Finagle's Law; important mail is much more likely to end up in the bit bucket than junk mail, which has an almost 100% probability of getting delivered. Routing to the bit bucket is automatically performed by mail-transfer agents, news systems, and the lower layers of the network. 3. The ideal location for all unwanted mail responses: “Flames about this article to the bit bucket.” Such a request is guaranteed to overflow one's mailbox with flames. 4. Excuse for all mail that has not been sent. “I mailed you those figures last week; they must have landed in the bit bucket.” Compare black hole.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bit bucket in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bit bucket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bit_Bucket
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bit bucket
3. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#BitBucket