| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bit bashing | Computing | Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterized by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavors of graphics programming, and assembler/compiler code generation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bit bashing | Computing | Bit bashing (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterized by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavors of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
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