BIT FIELD
\bˈɪt fˈiːld], \bˈɪt fˈiːld], \b_ˈɪ_t f_ˈiː_l_d]\
Definitions of BIT FIELD
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Part of an item of data, storage location or message,identified as a certain number of contiguous bits startingat a certain bit position within the data. Bit position zerois usually the least significant bit.For example, in an ARM machine code instruction thefour-bit field at bits 28 to 31 (the four most significantbits in the 32-bit word) is the "condition code".
By Denis Howe
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