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binary unit

noun as in bit

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data

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0's and 1's
binary digit
zeros and ones

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Its “quantum” is the binary unit, or bit, which is a message representing one of two choices: heads or tails, yes or no, zero or one.

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Shannon defined the basic unit of information--which a Bell Labs colleague dubbed a binary unit or “bit”--as a message representing one of two states.

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