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(data, jargon)crumb - (Or tayste /tayst/) Silly suggested term for two binary digits.

The term "quarter" has also been suggested, referring to the US 25-cent coin. This was once equal in value to two of the eight "bits" - pie-slice-shaped "pieces of eight" - into which Spanish silver crowns were cut to make change.
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You will live long, if you act like the miser who, bit by bit, crumb by crumb, collects and heaps up diamonds and gold.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
returned Silver, smiling away, but warier than ever, his eye a mere pin-point in his big face, but gleaming like a crumb of glass.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
He had picked up every crumb that had been left from his former meals, and was beginning to eat the matting which covered the floor of his cell.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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