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sticky bit

sticky bit noun: a fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state.

Noun

sticky bit (plural sticky bits)

  1. A fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state.
  2. A flag applied to an inode, formerly indicating that an executable program should be kept in memory after it terminates, but on modern systems used to determine which users can rename or delete the files in a directory.

Forms of sticky bit

pluralsticky bits

Questions about sticky bit

What does sticky bit mean?
Sticky bit means a fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state.
What part of speech is sticky bit?
Sticky bit is a noun.
What is the plural of sticky bit?
The plural of sticky bit is sticky bits.

Words near sticky bit in the dictionary

  1. sticky bead argument
  2. sticky beak
  3. sticky beaked
  4. sticky beaking
  5. sticky beaks
  6. sticky bit
  7. sticky bits
  8. sticky bomb
  9. sticky bombs
  10. sticky bottle
  11. sticky bottles

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