bitflip
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The switching of a bit's value (from 1 to 0, or vice versa).
noun
The switching of a bit's value (from 1 to 0, or vice versa).
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: SEU (“single-event upset”)"
- "The problem centers on the way intense solar radiation can affect the data used by software that calculates the plane's elevation, says BECA (Belgian Pilot Association). At high altitudes, cosmic rays—high-energy particles from the Sun and distant space—can penetrate aircraft and strike sensitive parts of computer chips. In some cases, this can cause a bit flip, which is when a stored "0" turns into a "1," or vice versa. In technical terms, this is called a single event upset (SEU). Investigators found that ELAC B units (Elevator & Aileron Computers) running software version L104 were more likely to be affected. If corrupted data is fed into the flight-control system, the aircraft's elevators could move unexpectedly. In a worst-case situation, this could push the aircraft close to or beyond safe structural limits."
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SEU[w:single-event upset|single-event upset]]>