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bitstream

noun

Etymology

From bit + stream.

  1. derived from *srew-✻
  2. inherited from *srowmos✻
  3. inherited from *straumaz✻
  4. inherited from *straum✻
  5. inherited from strēam
  6. inherited from streem
  7. compounded as bitstream — “bit + stream”

Definitions

  1. A stream of bits (binary digits).

  2. To transmit as a stream of bits (binary digits).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bitstream. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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