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8-bit

/ˌeɪtˈbɪt/

8-bit adjective: of a word size or an integer, represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte).

8-bit: of a word size or an integer, represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte)
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Adjective

8-bit (not comparable)

  1. Of a word size or an integer, represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte).
    • I started creating 8-bit music around 2002 when I picked up nanoloop[…]2007, Nick Collins, Julio d'Escriván, The Cambridge companion to electronic music, page 189
  2. Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era.
    • Typically far more complex than the songs of the 8-bit games, songs in Amiga games had a highly varied structure, but usually followed the same basic principles seen in the 8-bit games (shorter loops with fewer distinct sections for battle music, and longer loops with more distinct sections for...2008 January 1, Karen Collins, Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design, MIT Press, →ISBN
    • Much of La-Mulana's 8-bit aesthetic is tied to its self-imposed graphical limitations. To start, the native resolution of 256 × 192 pixels is (as we would expect) much less than that of contemporary standards[…]2008 November 12, Brett Camper, “Retro Reflexivity: La-Mulana”, in Bernard Perron, Mark J.P. Wolf, editors, The Video Game Theory Reader 2, Routledge, →ISBN
  3. (broadly, proscribed) Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era and subsequent eras.

Noun

8-bit (plural 8-bits)

  1. A computer that processes data in groups of 8 bits (binary digits).
    • The BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum are well-known British 8-bits.

8-bit meaning in Persian

8-bit in Persian

represented using 8 bits
۸-بیت, 8-بیت

Forms of 8-bit

plural8-bits

Words that rhyme with 8-bit

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Questions about 8-bit

What does 8-bit mean?
8-bit means of a word size or an integer, represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte).
What is 8-bit in Persian?
8-bit in Persian is ۸-بیت, 8-بیت. See 8-bit meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is 8-bit?
8-bit can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce 8-bit?
8-bit is pronounced /ˌeɪtˈbɪt/.

Words near 8-bit in the dictionary

  1. 8
  2. 8 ball
  3. 8 balls
  4. 8 stop
  5. 8-1-1
  6. 8-bit
  7. 8-bits
  8. 8-cell
  9. 8-cells
  10. 8-foot
  11. 8-gon

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