B Computing Abbreviation

B has various meanings in the Computing category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of B in Computing.

Bell

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In reference to columns, the bell is a bell-shaped part of the capital between the neck moulding and the abacus. It is common to columns in the Corinthinian order where it is decorative with acanthus leaves.

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Branch

An operation in a foreign country incorporated in the home country.

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Convective Inhibition
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Before

On the forward side of

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Bit

The computer term "bit" comes from the phrase "Binary DigIT," which is different than that thing you put around a horse's mouth. A bit is a single digit number in base-2 (a zero or a one) and is the smallest unit of computer data. A full page of text is composed of about 16,000 bits. It is important not to confuse bits with bytes. Both are used to measure amounts of data, but it takes eight bits to make one byte.

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Background

In computers and mobile communications devices, wallpaper also desktop picture and desktop background is an image used as a background of a graphical user interface on a computer screen or mobile communications device. On a computer it is usually for the desktop, while for a mobile phone it is usually the background for the 'home' or 'idle' screen. Though most devices comes with a default picture, users can usually change it to files of their choosing.

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Bidirectional

The device accommodates signals traveling either direction though a single channel. OR Any system having two directions. OR Bidirectional Operating in two directions. A bidirec-tional printer can print from left to right and from right to left; a bidirectional bus can transfer signals in both direc-tions between two devices.

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Byte

A byte is a set of 8 bits that represent a single character in the computer's memory. Do not confuse this term with "bite," as in taking a bite of a cookie, because that is totally different. While bits are often used to measure data transfer speeds, bytes are used to measure file sizes, hard disk space, and computer memory. Larger amounts of data are measured in units such as megabytes, gigabytes, and terabytes.

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