What does "bit-bucket" mean?

Alternative form of bit bucket.

What is a synonym for "bit-bucket"?

Common synonyms include: black hole, byte bucket, chad box, great bit bucket in the sky, memory hole.

Bit-bucket

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Noun

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Alternative form of bit bucket. alt-of, alternative
"Fortunately, "RTM" [Robert Tappan Morris] was not out to deliberately cause damage. What would have happened if he had been? Millions of dollars in time and research data gone into the bit-bucket?"

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black hole byte bucket chad box great bit bucket in the sky memory hole

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"Fortunately, "RTM" [Robert Tappan Morris] was not out to deliberately cause damage. What would have happened if he had been? Millions of dollars in time and research data gone into the bit-bucket?"

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