bit.
bit (binary digit)
Meaning & usage
bit (binary digit)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *dwiznos Latin bīnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Late Latin bīnāriuslbor. Middle English binarie English binary Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der.? Latin digitusbor. Middle English digit English digit English binary digitabbr. ▲ English bitinflu. English bitbor. Spanish bit Borrowed from English bit.
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