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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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