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Everything about Bit
Unit of information
The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication. The name is a portmanteau of binary digit. Its symbol is either "bit" or lowercase "b". Use of the latter may create confusion with capital "B", which is the international standard symbol for the byte. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BitA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: An Angle-Insensitive 3-Bit Reconfigurable Intelligent SurfaceInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior #6The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Bit-interleaved coded modulationCited 2,171 times
- Go sideways: ByteA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Character (computing)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Berinomo.
Noun A small amount of something.
Noun A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
Noun A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Bit-interleaved coded modulation
Multiuser OFDM with adaptive subcarrier, bit, and power allocation
Chaos-based communications at high bit rates using commercial fibre-optic links
A 10-bit 50-MS/s SAR ADC With a Monotonic Capacitor Switching Procedure
Gaussian Interference Channel Capacity to Within One Bit
Fast physical random bit generation with chaotic semiconductor lasers
Long-range dependence in variable-bit-rate video traffic
Extending the lifetime of a quantum bit with error correction in superconducting circuits
🆕 Influential since 2022
An Angle-Insensitive 3-Bit Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface
Novel multiple color images encryption and decryption scheme based on a bit-level extension algorithm
Silicon microring synapses enable photonic deep learning beyond 9-bit precision
Heterogeneous Semantic and Bit Communications: A Semi-NOMA Scheme
Non-volatile electrically programmable integrated photonics with a 5-bit operation
📚 Books worth reading
Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior #6Cube Kid · 2019
On seats and saddles, bits and bitting, and the prevention and cure of restiveness in horsesFrancis Dwyer · 1880
Seismic while drillingF. Miranda · 2004
The ultimate book of horse bitsEmily Esterson · 2010- 📕Bit-Interleaved Coded ModulationLeszek Szczecinski, Alex Alvarado · 2014
Programming the 6502Rodnay Zaks · 1978- 📕Bits & bittingWilliam G. Langdon · 1989
BBC Micro:bitBurkhard Kainka, Juergen Pintaske · 2016
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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