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bit field

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(data)bit field - Part of an item of data, storage location or message, identified as a certain number of contiguous bits starting at a certain bit position within the data. Bit position zero is usually the least significant bit.

For example, in an ARM machine code instruction the four-bit field at bits 28 to 31 (the four most significant bits in the 32-bit word) is the "condition code".
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For instance, a typical "spin-valve" read sensor, in response to a 250 ps pulsed field from a magnetic bit, will ring for approximately 2 ns after the applied bit field.
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They can set up component fields, such as 'Serial Number' and 'Company Prefix' and let BARCODE 2000 perform the bit field manipulations necessary, or they can define a pre-built string to be simply passed on to the printer.
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