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data bitsThe number of bits used to represent one character of data. When transmitting ASCII text via modem, either seven or eight bits may be used. Most other forms of data require eight bits. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Because the beam can be as narrow as a few tens of nanometers across, it may prove useful for tasks such as writing close-packed data bits onto optical disks and identifying the chemicals making up nanoscale objects, its inventors say. Since the first commercial hard drive was introduced in 1956, the industry has grown storage capacity exponentially by decreasing the size of the magnetic grains that make up data bits. has argued that the TV-over-fiber-optic product it is developing, Lightspeed, should not require city franchises because it employs streams of data bits in a fashion similar to the Internet. |
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