bit · quantity
Ask PrometheusBit (noun) means: a piece that is small. It emerges from piece, small: when a piece is also small, it becomes a small piece. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 5, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The Mars Rover's 8-bit computer processed commands for over 14 years on Mars. computing
- A single bit in the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine's code caused fatal overdoses in 1985–1987. engineering
- One bit flipped in Venezuela's 2020 election results database raised widespread doubts. institutions
Emergence
through: when a piece is also small, it becomes a small piece
- tiny amount
- discrete unit
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (24 steps)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | piece.portion | bit is a kind of piece |
| abstracts | small.size | bit abstracts the quality of being small |