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bitwise

bitwise adjective: treating a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.

Adjective

bitwise (not comparable)

  1. Treating a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.

Origin of bitwise

From bit + -wise.

Questions about bitwise

What does bitwise mean?
Bitwise means treating a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.
What part of speech is bitwise?
Bitwise is an adjective.

Words near bitwise in the dictionary

  1. bitunicates
  2. bitvector
  3. bitvectors
  4. bitwidth
  5. bitwidths
  6. bitwise
  7. bityite
  8. bitypic
  9. Bitz
  10. bitza
  11. bitzas

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