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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Bit bang n. Transmission of data on a serial line, when accomplished by rapidly tweaking a single output bit, in software, at the appropriate times. The technique is a simple loop with eight OUT and SHIFT instruction pairs for each byte. Input is more interesting. And full duplex (doing input and output at the same time) is one way to separate the real hackers from the wannabees. Bit bang was used on certain early models of Prime computers, presumably when UARTs were too expensive, and on archaic Z80 micros with a Zilog PIO but no SIO. In an interesting instance of the cycle of reincarnation, this technique returned to use in the early 1990s on some RISC architectures because it consumes such an infinitesimal part of the processor that it actually makes sense not to have a UART. Compare cycle of reincarnation. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BIT BANG |
| Specialty definitions using "BIT BANG": bit bashing ♦ Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter ♦ wheel of reincarnation. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "BIT BANG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | bit bang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bit bang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | bittimuutostiedonsiirto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | bit bang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | έκρηξη δυφίου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itbay angbay explosão de bits. (various references) cambio rápido de bits. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tabbing. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-g-i-n-t" | |
-1 letter: bating. | |
-2 letters: giant. | |
-3 letters: agin, anti, bait, bang, bani, bint, gain, gait, gnat, tain, tang, ting. | |
-4 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, bag, ban, bat, bib, big, bin, bit, gab, gan, gat, gib, gin, git, nab, nag, nib, nit, tab, tag, tan, tin. | |
-5 letters: ab, ag, ai, an, at, ba, bi, in, it, na, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-g-i-n-t" | |
+1 letter: stabbing, tabbying. | |
+2 letters: rabbeting, rabbiting, stabbings. | |
+3 letters: babbitting, backbiting, bobtailing. | |
+4 letters: babysitting, backbitings, bearbaiting, bombinating, browbeating, bullbaiting, thingamabob. | |
+5 letters: abbreviating, backstabbing, bearbaitings, boatbuilding, bullbaitings, obnubilating, thingamabobs. | |
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