amerikai:
brit:
1. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.
2. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
3. A coin of a specified value.
a threepenny bit
4. A ten-cent piece, dime.
5. A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
A quarter is two bits.
6. In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
7. A small amount of something.
There were bits of paper all over the floor. Does your leg still hurt? / Just a bit now. I've done my bit; I expect you to do yours.
8. Specifically, a small amount of time.
I'll be there in a bit; I need to take care of something first. He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out.
9. (plural) Fractions of a second.
The 400 metres race was won in 47 seconds and bits.
10. A portion of something.
I'd like a big bit of cake, please.
11. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
Am I bored? Not a bit of it!
12. A prison sentence, especially a short one.
13. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
His bit about video games was not nearly as entertaining as the other segments of his show.
14. A small part or role, sometimes with spoken lines, in a theatrical performance.
She acted her bit in the opening scene.
15. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
16. The cutting iron of a plane.
17. The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
1. A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
2. The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
Szinonimák: b
3. Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
permission bits in a file system
4. A unit of measure for information entropy.
5. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).