bit manipulation

bit manipulation

[′bit mə‚nip·yə′lā‚shən]

(computer science)

Changing bits from one state to the other, usually to influence the operation of a computer program. Also known as bit flipping.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

bit manipulation

Processing individual bits within a byte. Bit-level manipulation is very low-level programming, often done in graphics and systems programming. See bit flipping.

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