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Bit

The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication. The name is a portmanteau of binary digit.

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Physical representation

Unit and symbol

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Bit

Nodes103
Edges102
Triples93
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019417
Components1

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Bit

Top relations

related to Physical representation · 13
Bit → Basile Bouchon, Charles Babbage, DNA, Herman Hollerith, IBM, In, Jean-Baptiste Falcon, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Morse, Perhaps, Semyon Korsakov, The, These
see also · 13
Bit → Average, Base-3, Basic, Baud, Datum, Extremely, Information, Number, Sequence, Shannon, Symbol, Ternary, Unit
related to history · 10
Bit → Bell Labs, Claude, Communication, He, January, John, Mathematical Theory, Ralph Hartley, Shannon, Tukey
related to Multiple bits · 10
Bit → By, Computers, For, However, In, June, Like, Multiple, The, Werner Buchholz
related to Storage · 10
Bit → Confusion, File, Gi, IEC, Ki, KiB, Mass, Mi, SI, TB
related to Unit and symbol · 10
Bit → However, IEC, IEEE, In, International Electrotechnical Commission, International System, SI, Standard, The, Units
related to Transmission and processing · 4
Bit → Bits, By, From, In
related to External links · 3
Bit → Archived, Bit Calculator, Wayback Machine
is a · 2
Bit → information entropy of a random binary variable that is 0 or 1 with equal probability, most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication

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bits binary storage used information byte may string one states unit also symbol digital data standard values transmission device represented

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bitis amost basic unit of information in computing and digital communication0.90text
Bitis ainformation entropy of a random binary variable that is 0 or 1 with equal probability0.90text
true/falseinstance ofbut other representations0.80text
yes/noinstance ofbut other representations0.80text
on/offinstance ofbut other representations0.80text
andinstance ofbut other representations0.80text
teleprintersinstance ofand early digital communications machines0.80text
magnetic-core memoryinstance ofthese methods were largely supplanted by magnetic storage devices0.80text
magnetic tapesinstance ofthese methods were largely supplanted by magnetic storage devices0.80text
drumsinstance ofthese methods were largely supplanted by magnetic storage devices0.80text
and disksinstance ofthese methods were largely supplanted by magnetic storage devices0.80text
where a bit was represented by the polarity of magnetization of a certain area of a ferromagnetic filminstance ofthese methods were largely supplanted by magnetic storage devices0.80text

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