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ביט

Hebrew

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Etymology

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From English bit, from binary digit.

Noun

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בִּיט • (bit) m (plural indefinite בִּיטִים)

  1. (computing) bit (the smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit)

Synonyms

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References

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  • “ביט” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German büte, büten, from Old High German butin, butina, from Latin butina, which is perhaps related to buttis (“barrel, cask”).[1][2] Compare German Bütte, Bütt. Computing sense derives from English bit.

Noun

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ביט • (bit) m, plural ביטן (bitn)

  1. basin,[3] tub
    Synonyms: באַסיין (baseyn), בעקן (bekn)
  2. pail
    Synonyms: צעבער (tseber), באַליע (balye)
  3. vat
  4. (computing) bit (the smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit)
    Synonym: איינסל (eynsl)

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Butte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  3. ^ Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “basin”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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