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   Cell (microprocessor)

   In documentation relating to Cell a word is always taken to mean 32 bits, a doubleword means 64 bits, and a quadword means 128 bits.
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   Drill bit

   This article describes the types of drill bits in terms of the design of the cutter. ... Core drill bits are similar in appearance to reamers as they have no cutting point or means of starting a hole.
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   Orders of magnitude (data)

   That means three things: ... | 36 bits – size of word on Univac 1100-series computers and Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-10 |
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   PDP-8

   This did not mean what the word means today (that a lower-level program fetched and interpreted the OPR instruction), but meant what we might now call "bit-banged": Each bit of the instruction word specified a certain action, and the programmer could achieve several actions in a single instruction cycle by setting multiple bits.
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   D-37C

   Each word contains 24 data bits and three spacer bits not available to the programmer. ... The detector input monitor can be "reset" by means of a special instruction.
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   EIA-708

   bits Command Name Parameters ETX 0x03 8 EndOfText CW0–CW7 0x80–0x87 8 SetCurrentWindow0–7 CLW 0x88 16 ClearWindows window bitmap DSW 0x89 16 DisplayWindows window bitmap HDW 0x8A 16 HideWindows window bitmap TGW 0x8B 16 ToggleWindows window bitmap DLW 0x8C 16 DeleteWindows window bitmap DLY 0x8D 16 Delay tenths of seconds DLC 0x8E 8 DelayCancel RST 0x8F 8 Reset SPA 0x90 24 SetPenAttributes pen size, font, scripting, italics, underline SPC 0x91 32 SetPenColor foreground color, foreground opacity, background color, background opacity, edge color, edge type SPL 0x92 24 SetPenLocation row, column SWA 0x97 40 SetWindowAttributes justify, print direction, scroll direction, word wrap, display effect, effect direction, effect rate. fill color, border color, border type, opacity DF0–DF7 0x98–0x9F 56 DefineWindow0–7 priority, anchor number, anchor vertical, anchor horizontal, row count, column count, locked, visible, centered, style ID ... FADE means the window should fade in or out at effect speed.
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   Forth (programming language)

   The usual method is to redefine the handful of words that place compiled bits into memory. ... It is needed so that the parser recognizes ." as a Forth word.
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   Hamming code

   Hamming codes have a minimum distance of 3, which means that the code can detect and correct a single error, but a double bit error is indistinguishable from a different code with a single bit error. ... The new data word (with parity bits) is now "10001100101".
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   Pound (mass)

   The abbreviation lb comes from the Latin word libra, meaning "scales, balances", which also described a Roman unit similar to the pound. ... When used in this handbook, the term "weight" means "mass."
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    Error detection and correction

    The sum is negated by means of ones-complement, and stored or transferred as an extra code word extending the message. ... do bits polarities of (CW1) <> (CW2)?

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• Cell (microprocessor),
• Drill bit,
• Orders of magnitude (data),
• PDP-8,
• D-37C,
• EIA-708,
• Forth (programming language),
• Hamming code,
• Pound (mass),
• Error detection and correction