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What is another word for a binary digit?
A bit.
What is the name of one binary digit?
it's called a "bit"
What is the smallest measurement of data composed of a single binary code of either 0 or 1?
A binary digit, or bit.
The word bit derives from the shortening of which two words?
"Binary" and "Digit", coined by John Tukey in 1946.
What are facts about John Tukey?
While the computer/information term 'bit' was first used in a research paper by Claude Shannon in 1948, the term was coined by John Tukey as a contraction of binary digit while he was working on concepts of computer design. I suppose during the holidays we could say it is a bit of Tukey.
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