Trit

//tɹɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states.

    "For example, consider storing trits (recall Section 2.6.4), which take values in {0, 1, 2}. If we use 2 bits per value, then an array A[1, n] of trits requires 2n bits."

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"For example, consider storing trits (recall Section 2.6.4), which take values in {0, 1, 2}. If we use 2 bits per value, then an array A[1, n] of trits requires 2n bits."

Etymology

Blend of trinary + digit, formed in analogy to bit from binary digit.

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