Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high bit

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.22 in modern English

Syllables: high- bit
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The most significant bit in the binary representation of a number, sometimes used to record the sign of the number.

Inflected Forms

high bits (plural)

Questions

What does high bit mean?: The most significant bit in the binary representation of a number, sometimes used to record the sign of the number.

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