Because the extended characters found in binary files may be peculiar to a particular computer platform, most binary files cannot be used on more than one system. See binary file transfer . This allows software etc. to be transferred on the Internet by e-mail. BinHexed files have the file extension .hqx . These voltages are represented by the digits 0 and 1.
Bit is short for binary digit , and is the smallest unit of information used by computers.
A bitmaped or raster image breaks an picture nto a grid of equally-sized pieces, called pixels, and records color information for each pixel. A measure of the number of bits transferred per second over a communications channel. Modem speeds, measured in bps, are defined by modulation protocols. Boolean operator Also called a logical operator, used to define search criteria when using Internet and other database searches. AND, OR, and NOT are Boolean operators, used in the form Find asthma NOT occupational .