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Pit
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An indentation in an optical medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD. The laser beam is either absorbed in the pit or reflects off the non-indented areas, which are called "lands." Using various algorithms, the reflections are converted into 0 and 1 bits.

Pits and Lands
This microscopic view of a CD-ROM and DVD disc compares the track density and pits and lands, which account for 7.5 times as much data on the DVD. (Image courtesy of C-Cube Microsystems.)

Pit,
the Board of Trade’s cellar, where all bidding occurs. [Am. Lit.: The Pit. Magill I, 756–758]
See : Gambling
PIT - Language for IBM 650. (See IT).


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In this case, the additional olfactory pit that formed was clearly smaller than the normal olfactory pits.
Supernumerary nostril with congenital cataract by Bit, Utpal Kumar / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
By its nose: Water flows in through one of two olfactory pits (nostrils not connected to the throat) and flows out the other.
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Who would have thought that such a delightful treasure trove of a book could have resulted from plumbing the depths of understanding of the olfactory pits inside the nose--once thought to be vestigial organs?
Watson, Lyall. Jacobson's organ and the remarkable nature of smell by Levine, Gloria / Kliatt
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