bit bucket (English, noun)
expansion: bit bucket (plural bit buckets)
expansion: (computing)
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines.
tags: historical
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An imaginary domain that accepts lost, discarded, or useless digital data that does not reach its intended destination, such as data lost in transmission or due to errors; the notional resting place of lost or missing digital information.
tags: broadly
humorous
slang
Forms:
form: bit buckets
tags: plural
form: bitbucket
tags: alternative
form: bit-bucket
tags: alternative