bits
n.pl. 1. Information. Examples: "I need some bits about file
formats." ("I need to know about file formats.") Compare
core dump,
sense 4. 2. Machine-readable representation of a document,
specifically as contrasted with paper: "I have only a photocopy
of the Jargon File; does anyone know where I can get the bits?".
See softcopy,
source of all good bits.
See also bit.
