Bit (disambiguation)

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A bit is a symbol used for communication or, equivalently, a unit of information storage on a computer. A bit is also used as a unit of information.

Bit or BIT may also refer to:

Tools and engineering

• Drill bit, for drilling holes
• Screwdriver bit
• Tool bit, for lathe turning
• Bit key, a key with a distinct part that engages the locking mechanism. The shape described by the bitting.
• Bit (horse), part of horse tack placed in the mouth
• The cutting edge of an axe
• The heated part of a soldering iron

Arts and entertainment

• Unit of action or bit, in acting
• Bit part, a minor role
• Bit (comedy), material from a standup comedian's repertoire
• Bit, in the list of Tron characters
• Bit (film), a 2019 vampire film

Organisations

• Behavioural Insights Team, a social engineering organization
• Bit Corporation, a video game company
• Bipolar Integrated Technology, a former American semiconductor company
• BIT Teatergarasjen, Norwegian theatre and dance company
• Bright Ideas Trust, British social enterprise

Education

• Bearys Institute of Technology, a private technical co-educational college, Mangalore, India
• Bangalore Institute of Technology, an institution of higher learning in India
• Beijing Institute of Technology, a university in China
• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, an engineering institute in Ranchi, India
• Birla Institute of Technology, Patna, an engineering institute in Patna, India
• BIT International College, formerly the Bohol Institute of Technology or BIT, in Bohol, Philippines
• BIT Sathy or Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India
• Bhilai Institute of Technology – Durg, in Central India
• Bangladesh International Tutorial- A school in Dhaka

Science and technology

• Built-in test, in electronics
• BIT (alternative information centre), a communal information service which derived its name from the smallest unit of computer information
• Benzisothiazolinone, a biocide
• BIT Numerical Mathematics a journal of mathematics
• Binary indexed tree, a data structure

Other uses

• Bit people, an ethnic group in Laos
  • Bit language, spoken by the Bit people
• Bit (money)
• Bachelor of Information Technology, a degree
• Bilateral investment treaty
• Bit or Bitburger, the beer of the Bitburger brewery
• Bit, magazine for owners of home computers published by Ultrasoft
• Beijing Institute of Technology F.C., an association football club in China
• BIT, the National Rail station code for Bicester Village railway station, Oxford, England
• Bit, a traditional valtelinese cheese
• Bittern railway station, Melbourne

See also

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• All pages with titles beginning with Bit
• All pages with titles beginning with BIT
• All pages with titles containing bits
• All pages with titles containing bit
• BITS (disambiguation)
• Bitts, paired vertical posts used to secure a ship's mooring lines, ropes, hawsers, or cables
• Bitten (disambiguation)

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