Bit Very Common

a small piece or quantity of something

"a spot of tea"

"a bit of paper"

"a bit of lint"

"I gave him a bit of my mind"

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

"a bit of rock caught him in the eye"

an indefinitely short time

"wait just a moment"

"in a mo"

"it only takes a minute"

"in just a bit"

an instance of some kind

"it was a nice piece of work"

"he had a bit of good luck"

piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding

"the horse was not accustomed to a bit"

a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states

"there are 8 bits in a byte"

a small amount of solid food; a mouthful

"all they had left was a bit of bread"

a small fragment

"overheard snatches of their conversation"

a short performance that is part of a longer program

"he did his act three times every evening"

"she had a catchy little routine"

"it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers

"He dropped his keys, but managed to fish out the bit just in time before he locked himself out again."

the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press

"he looked around for the right size bit"

A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.

"The technician explained that each bit in the code could only be read as either a one or a zero to determine if the file was corrupted."

A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.