multibitadj.1
/ˈmʌltɪbɪt/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈbɪt/; see also multi- comb. form. Engineering.
Of a tool, machine, etc.: having more than one bit.
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1955 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Aug. 7/2 A Chicago machine company has built one of the world's largest multibit milling machines..for a Kansas airplane manufacturer.
1989 Chicago Tribune 14 Apr. viii. 6/3 Another tool Johnson likes is the multibit magnetic screwdriver, which he said is worth the extra cost.
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multibitadj.2
/ˈmʌltɪbɪt/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈbɪt/; see also multi- comb. form. Computing.
Involving the processing of more than one bit at a time; capable of handling more than one bit at a time.
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interleaved1956
in-line1959
list processing1959
batch1967
multibit1969
1969 Diss. Abstr. B. 29 2441/2 This critical analysis..leads to the development of a multi-bit transfer of ‘high-resolution’ concept.
1981 Electronics 10 Feb. 54/3 The precision possible with the floating-point math will be useful in process-control applications where analog inputs require multibit representations.
1998 What Hi-Fi? May 94/2 Bitstream digital-to-analogue converters process single bits of digital data much faster than multibit DACs, which work on chunks of digital data.
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