Usually means: Smallest unit of digital data.
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General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. bit: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. bit, bit, bit, bit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bit, bit, bit, bit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bit: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bit, bit: Wordnik
  7. bit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. B.I.T, bit: Wiktionary
  9. bit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bit: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. BIT(E), b.i.t, bit: Dictionary.com
  13. bit (1), bit (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. bit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. BIT (alternative information centre), BIT, Bit (computing), Bit (disambiguation), Bit (horse), Bit (key), Bit (money), Bit (unit), Bit, .bit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Bit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. bit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. bit: Rhymezone
  19. bit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. bit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. BIT: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. BIT, bit: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. Bit, Bit, Bit: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. bit: Free Dictionary
  25. bit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. bit: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  27. bit: Dictionary/thesaurus
  28. bit: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  2. Coin Collecting Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Bit: Numismatic Dictionary
  4. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  5. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. bit: Legal dictionary
  3. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. bit: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. bit: Netlingo
  3. bit: CCI Computer
  4. Bit: Cybernetics and Systems
  5. Bit: Game Dictionary
  6. Technology Terms and Acronyms (No longer online)
  7. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  8. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  9. bit: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  10. Glossary of Internet Terms (No longer online)
  11. Bit: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  12. Bit: ILC Internet Terms
  13. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  14. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  15. Karbo's Dictionary (No longer online)
  16. Webopedia (No longer online)
  17. bit: Hacking Lexicon
  18. Data Formats and Their Sugggested File Extensions (No longer online)
  19. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  20. bit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. bit: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. BIT(E), BIT: Acronym Finder
  2. BIT: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. bit: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bit: Easton Bible

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Bit: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  4. Bit: Extragalactic Astronomy
  5. BIT: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
  6. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)
  7. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. bit, bit, bit, bit: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bit: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. B.I.T, B.I.T, bit, bit: Urban Dictionary
  4. Bit: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Bit: Sports Definitions

Tech (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. bit: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  7. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  9. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  10. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  11. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  12. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)
  13. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)
  14. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  15. Bit: Web Hosting Glossary

(Note: See bite as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bit)

noun:  A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
noun:  A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
noun:  (dated, British) A coin of a specified value.
noun:  (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
noun:  (now US) A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
noun:  (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12+¹⁄₂ cents; also, the sum of 12+¹⁄₂ cents.
noun:  A small amount of something.
noun:  (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
noun:  (informal) A small fraction above a whole number.
noun:  (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
noun:  A portion of something.
noun:  Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
noun:  (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
noun:  An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
noun:  (slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
noun:  The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
noun:  The cutting iron of a plane.
noun:  The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
noun:  (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
noun:  (MLE) A gun.
verb:  (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
adjective:  (chiefly in combination) Having been bitten.
noun:  (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
noun:  (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
noun:  (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
noun:  (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
noun:  A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
noun:  Short for bit part. [(acting) A minor role, generally not assigned a name.]

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