A bit can mean a small piece or amount of something. In computing, a bit is the smallest unit of information, representing a 0 or 1.
From Old English “bita,” meaning “bite” or “piece bitten off.” The computing sense was shortened from “binary digit” in the mid-20th century.
It’s fitting that the smallest piece of digital information is called a “bit,” a tiny “bite” of data. Modern technology—videos, games, the internet—is built from unimaginable numbers of these simple yes/no bits.
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