…a mouthpiece, typically made of metal, which is attached to a bridle and used to control a horse…
…a unit of information expressed as either a 0 or 1 in binary notation…
…the number of bits per second that can be transmitted along a digital network…
…a floating freshwater plant with creeping stems that bear clusters of small rounded leaves…
…(in asynchronous data transfers) one of a pattern of bits which indicate the end of a character or of the whole transmission…
…any of a number of wild plants with a very short rootstock, said in folklore to have been bitten off by the devil, in particular:…
…a bit which acts as a check on a set of binary values, calculated in such a way that the number of 1s in the set plus the parity bit should always be even (or occasionally, should always be odd)…
…(of a horse) ridden with a light but firm contact on the mouth…
…an African bush with hooked thorns that catch the clothing, in particular an acacia…
…used to suggest that something is not severe or extreme, or is the case only to a limited extent…
…(of a horse) ridden on a loose rein to allow it to gallop freely…
…a considerable number or amount of something…
…a male sexual partner whose toughness or lack of sophistication is a source of attraction…
…(of a horse) carrying its head too high so that it evades correct contact with the bit…
…(of a horse) carrying its head with the chin tucked in so that it evades contact with the bit…
…used to indicate that someone is being treated in the same way that they have treated others, typically badly…
…the rate at which errors occur in the transmission of digital data…
…a person with whom one is unfaithful to one’s partner…
…be restlessly impatient to start doing something…
…the bit in a binary number which is of the lowest numerical value…
…the bit in a binary number which is of the greatest numerical value…
…a pleasing person or thing, especially a woman regarded in sexual terms…
…expressing the hope that something will happen in the way described…
…an unpleasant or untrustworthy person…
…begin to tackle a problem or task in a determined or independent way…
…denoting an operator in a programming language which manipulates the individual bits in a byte or word…
…a type of bit with a strap or chain attached which passes under a horse’s lower jaw, used as a check…
