Definitions For Bit

noun

• The cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
• Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
• The part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
• A short performance that is part of a longer program
• A small fragment
• An instance of some kind
• A small amount of solid food; a mouthful
• A small fragment of something broken off from the whole
• A unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
• A small piece or quantity of something
• An indefinitely short time