Bits

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  bits pl.n. 1. Information. Examples: "I need some bits about file
     formats." ("I need to know about file formats.") Compare {core dump},
     sense 4. 2. Machine-readable representation of a document, specifically
     as contrasted with paper: "I have only a photocopy of the Jargon File;
     does anyone know where I can get the bits?". See {softcopy}, {source of
     all good bits} See also {bit}.