tidbit
English
noun
Definitions
- A tasty morsel (of food).
- (computing) A quarter of a byte (Half of a nybble; two bits).
- (archaic) A short mention of news or gossip.
Etymology
Affix from English tid (nice, fond, tender) + English bit (binary digit, morsel).
Origin
English
bit
Gloss
binary digit, morsel
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- BitTorrent English
- Timbit English
- bit English
- bitarray English
- bitboard English
- bitcent English
- bitcoin English
- bitfield English
- bitflag English
- bitflip English
- bitlength English
- bitless English
- bitline English
- bitling English
- bitmap English
- bitmask English
- bitness English
- bitplane English
- bitpop English
- bitrange English
- bitrate English
- bitrot English
- bitset English
- bitsquatting English
- bitstate English
- bitstock English
- bitstream English
- bitstring English
- bittock English
- bitty English
- bitwidth English
- bitwise English
- centerbit English
- centre-bit English
- centrebit English
- dogbit English
- exabit English
- fakebit English
- frogbit English
- gibibit English
- gigabit English
- interbit English
- kbit English
- kibibit English
- killbit English
- kilobit English
- mebibit English
- megabit English
- multibit English
- overbit English
- pebibit English
- petabit English
- quadbit English
- snakebit English
- tebibit English
- terabit English
- tid English
- tidder English
- toad English
- unbit English
- yottabit English
- zettabit English
- bitti Finnish
- Bit German
- bit Hungarian
- bit French
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- bit Portuguese
- *tāde Old English
- bitte Middle English
- tode Middle English
- biti Old Norse
- bit Czech
- բիթ Armenian
- bit Indonesian
- bico Ido
- 比特 Chinese
- 비트 Korean
- taid Scots
- bit
- tid
- kbit
- toad
- bitty
- unbit
- Timbit
- bitmap
- bitpop
- bitrot
- exabit
- bitset
- tidder
- dogbit
- gibibit
- bitwise
- kibibit
- megabit
- killbit
- bitmask
- tebibit
- bitness
- mebibit
- fakebit
- bitline
- kilobit
- bitrate
- bitcent
- bittock
- terabit
- petabit
- bitflip
- pebibit
- bitcoin
- quadbit
- bitflag
- overbit
- frogbit
- gigabit
- bitling
- bitless
- zettabit
- bitwidth
- bitarray
- bitfield
- interbit
- multibit
- bitstate
- bitrange
- snakebit
- bitplane
- bitstock
- bitboard
- yottabit
- bitlength
- centrebit
- bitstring
- bitstream
- centerbit
- BitTorrent
- centre-bit
- bitsquatting