trit
/tɹɪt/
trit noun: the ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states.
Noun
trit (plural trits)
- The ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states.
- For example, consider storing trits (recall Section 2.6.4), which take values in {0, 1, 2}. If we use 2 bits per value, then an array A[1, n] of trits requires 2n bits.2016, Gonzalo Navarro, Compact Data Structures, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45
Forms of trit
| plural | trits |
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Origin of trit
Blend of trinary + digit, formed in analogy to bit from binary digit.
Words formed from trit
Questions about trit
- What does trit mean?
- Trit means the ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states.
- What part of speech is trit?
- Trit is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trit?
- Trit is pronounced /tɹɪt/.
- What is the plural of trit?
- The plural of trit is trits.
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