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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bits</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bitblt.html" title="bitblt"/><link rel="next" href="bitty-box.html" title="bitty box"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bits</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bitblt.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bitty-box.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bits"/><dt xmlns="" id="bits"><b>bits</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">pl.n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Information. Examples: “<span class="quote">I need some bits about file
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formats.</span>” (“<span class="quote">I need to know about file formats.</span>”)
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Compare <a href="../C/core-dump.html"><i class="glossterm">core dump</i></a>, sense 4. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Machine-readable representation of a document, specifically as
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contrasted with paper: “<span class="quote">I have only a photocopy of the Jargon File;
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does anyone know where I can get the bits?</span>”. See
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<a href="../S/softcopy.html"><i class="glossterm">softcopy</i></a>,
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<a href="../S/source-of-all-good-bits.html"><i class="glossterm">source of all good bits</i></a> See also <a href="bit.html"><i class="glossterm">bit</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bitblt.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bitty-box.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bitblt </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bitty box</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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