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        !             3: bit                         Definition                        bit
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        !             8: bit is  an abbreviation  for ``binary  digit''.  It is  the basic
        !             9: unit of data  processing.  A bit can have a  value of either zero
        !            10: or one.  Bits can be concatenated to form bytes.
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        !            12: A bit can  be used either as a placeholder  to construct a number
        !            13: with an absolute value, or as a flag whose value has a particular
        !            14: meaning  under specially  defined circumstances.   In  the former
        !            15: use, a  string of bits builds  an integer.  In the  latter use, a
        !            16: string of bits forms a map, in which each bit has a meaning other
        !            17: than its numeric value.
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        !            19: ***** See Also *****
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        !            21: bit map, byte, definitions, nybble
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