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HIGH BIT

Specialty Definition: HIGH BIT

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High bit n. [from `high-order bit'] 1. The most significant bit in a byte. 2. [common] By extension, the most significant part of something other than a data byte: "Spare me the whole saga, just give me the high bit." See also meta bit, hobbit, dread high-bit disease, and compare the mainstream slang `bottom line'. Source: Jargon File.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: HIGH BIT

Specialty definitions using "HIGH BIT": Hobbitmeta bit. (references)

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Expressions: HIGH BIT

Expression using "HIGH BIT": dread high bit disease. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "HIGH BIT": High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HIGH BIT

Language Translations for "HIGH BIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

high bit-rate digital subscriber line (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line), HDSL (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line, High-bandwidth Digital Subscriber Line). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

high bit-rate digital subscriber line (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line), HDSL (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line, High-bandwidth Digital Subscriber Line). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

HDSL (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line), digitaalinen parikaapelitilaajajohto (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line). (various references)

   

French

  

ligne numérique haut débit (high bit-rate digital subscriber line). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υψίρρυθμη ψηφιακή συνδρομητική γραμμή (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ighhay itbay

   

Portuguese

  

HDSL (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line, High-bandwidth Digital Subscriber Line), linha digital de alto desempenho (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

HDSL (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line, High-bandwidth Digital Subscriber Line), línea digital de abonado de alta velocidad (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line), línea digital de abonado a alta velocidad de transmisión (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line), línea de abonado digital de gran velocidad (HDSL, high bit-rate digital subscriber line). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HIGH BIT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-g-h-h-i-i-t"

-2 letters: bight, hight, thigh.

-3 letters: high.

-4 letters: big, bit, ghi, gib, git, hit.

-5 letters: bi, hi, it, ti.

 Words containing the letters "b-g-h-h-i-i-t"
 

+3 letters: birthright.

 

+4 letters: birthrights.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HIGH BIT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 49 47 48      42 49 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01001001 01000111 01001000 00100000 01000010 01001001 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#73 &#71 &#72 &#32 &#66 &#73 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0049 0047 0048      0042 0049 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

424341422364354

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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