bits (pl.n.)

1. Information. Examples:

I need some bits about file formats.

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I need to know about file formats.

) Compare core dump, sense 4.

2. Machine-readable representation of a document, specifically as contrasted with paper:

I have only a photocopy of the Jargon File; does anyone know where I can get the bits?

. See softcopy, source of all good bits See also bit.