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This doesn't feel like a serious question, but in case this is still a mystery to you… the name bit is a portmanteau of binary digit, and as indicated by the wo
by thamer 2y ago
This doesn't feel like a serious question, but in case this is still a mystery to you… the name bit is a portmanteau of binary digit, and as indicated by the word "binary", there are only two possible digits that can be used as values for a bit: 0 and 1.
- seoulbigchris 2y agoSo trinary and quaternary digits are trits and quits?
- eqvinox 2y agoYes, trit is commonly used for ternary logic. "quit" I have never heard in such a context.
- euroderf 2y agoSo shouldn't a two-state datum be a twit ?