trit en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /tɹɪt/
Etymology
Blend of trinary + digit, formed in analogy to bit from binary digit.
Meanings
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The ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states.
For example, consider storing trits (recall Section 2.6.4), which take values in {0, 1, 2}. If we use 2 bits per value, then an array A[1, n] of trits requires 2n bits.
2016, Gonzalo Navarro, Compact Data Structures, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trits | Number=Plur | lexicographic |