parity
(parity bit, parity, check bit)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
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parity bit
(parity bit, parity, check bit)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
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check bit
(parity bit, parity, check bit)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
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weather-bit
Webster Dictionary
a turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits
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rowel
Webster Dictionary
a little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits
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mitraille
Webster Dictionary
shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon
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stock
Webster Dictionary
the handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace
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loriner
Webster Dictionary
a maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler
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nibble
Webster Dictionary
to bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits
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brace
Webster Dictionary
a curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock
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shield-bearer
Webster Dictionary
any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves
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megabit
(ˈmɛg əˌbɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
220 (1,048,576) bits.
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bps
(ˈboʊ zoʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Computers. bits per second.
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kilobit
(ˈkɪl əˌbɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
1024 (210) bits.
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smithereens
(ˌsmɪð əˈrinz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
small pieces; bits:
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nibble
(ˈnɪb əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to bite off small bits:
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megabit
(ˈmɛg əˌbɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(loosely) one million bits.
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nibble
(ˈnɪb əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to bite off or take small bits of (something).
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crumblings
(ˈkrʌm blɪŋz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
crumbs; crumbled bits.
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nibble
Webster Dictionary
to bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait
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unbit
Webster Dictionary
to remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable
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flinders
(flinders)
Princeton's WordNet
bits and splinters and fragments
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pick
(pick)
Princeton's WordNet
remove in small bits
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mark
Webster Dictionary
one of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."
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spall
(ɔl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to break or split off in chips or bits.
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rubble
(ˈrʌb əl or, for)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
broken bits and pieces of anything, as that which is demolished:
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hayseed
(ˈheɪˌsid)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
small bits of the chaff, straw, etc., of hay.
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odds and ends
(ɒdz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fragments; remnants; scraps; bits.
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kilobit
(ˈkɪl əˌbɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(loosely) 1000 bits. Symbol: Kb
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orange zest
(orange zest)
Princeton's WordNet
tiny bits of orange peel
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