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Subject:Re: What do you call this? From:Steve Victor <svictor -at- LGC -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 19 Jul 1995 10:38:58 CDT
> I'm writing a definition of the word bit. It is "short for" binary
> digit. Is there a more formal word for "short for" here? It's not an
> acronymn or initialism or anything like this. What is it?
> Thanks in advance. - Nancy
The word "bit" is a contraction of "binary digit." (Webster's New World
Dictionary of Computer Terms, Prentice-Hall, 1983). You might also say that
"bit" is a shortened form of "binary digit" (or you could substitute "an
abbreviated form" or "a truncated form"). Just a few suggestions.
Regards.
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