answersLogoWhite

0

The word 'bit' was derived from the term binary digit (0 and 1).

User Avatar

Wiki User

17y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What term best describes a one bit value in a computer?

bit, boolean, LOGICAL, bool


How does the term bit derived?

If you are referring to 'bit' in computer, it is derived from binary digits, the smallest data in a computer, which is a series of 0's and 1's.


What term did Dr Werner Buchholz coin while designing the IBM Stretch computer?

The term bit or byte


What is the mean of up to bit?

Yes you are right, Mostly computer Techies uses this term. Bit is the smallest unit in computer terminology. Hence up to bit means Updated upto the smallest part.


Who coined the terms bit and byte?

Werner Buchholz coined the term bit/byte in 1956 for IBM stream computer.


What is the study of intestines?

Intestinology, if I can derive a term for it


What language did the term zebra derive from?

Europe


What are the correct arithmetic symbols to derive 27 3 5 2 19?

The answer will depend on what you are attempting to derive from what. Since you have not bothered to share that bit of information, I cannot provide a more useful answer.The answer will depend on what you are attempting to derive from what. Since you have not bothered to share that bit of information, I cannot provide a more useful answer.The answer will depend on what you are attempting to derive from what. Since you have not bothered to share that bit of information, I cannot provide a more useful answer.The answer will depend on what you are attempting to derive from what. Since you have not bothered to share that bit of information, I cannot provide a more useful answer.


What original language did the term zebra derive from?

Europe


Where does the term olympiad derive from?

How long between each Olympics


What are facts about John Tukey?

While the computer/information term 'bit' was first used in a research paper by Claude Shannon in 1948, the term was coined by John Tukey as a contraction of binary digit while he was working on concepts of computer design. I suppose during the holidays we could say it is a bit of Tukey.


Can a 64-bit computer remotely access a 32-bit computer?

Yes.