Also known as: bd.
BD has various meanings in the NASA category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of BD in NASA.
A bit (short for binary digit) is the smallest unit of data in a computer. A bit has a single binary value, either 0 or 1. Although computers usually provide instructions that can test and manipulate bits, they generally are designed to store data and execute instructions in bit multiples called bytes. In most computer systems, there are eight bits in a byte. The value of a bit is usually stored as either above or below a designated level of electrical charge in a single capacitor within a memory device.
NASAA hardened, tempered, bright polished high-carbon cold rolled spring steel strip, produced especially for use in the manufacture of band saws for sawing wood, non-ferrous metals and plastics. Usually carries some nickel and with a Rockwell value of approximately C40/45. OR In printing, an arbitrary layer of an image. An image can consist of one or more bands of data. An entity that groups several columns in a tree view to be treated as a whole.
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