Bit (disambiguation)

A bit is a symbol used for communication or,

equivalently, a unit of information storage on a computer.

A bit is also used as a unit of information.

Bit or BIT may also refer to:

Tools and engineering

Drill bit, for drilling holes
Screwdriver bit
Tool bit, for lathe turning
Bit key, a key with a distinct part that engages the locking mechanism. The shape described by the bitting.
Bit (horse), part of horse tack placed in the mouth
The cutting edge of an axe
The heated part of a soldering iron

Bearys Institute of Technology, a private technical co-educational college, Mangalore, India
Bangalore Institute of Technology, an institution of higher learning in India
Beijing Institute of Technology, a university in China
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, an engineering institute in Ranchi, India
Birla Institute of Technology, Patna, an engineering institute in Patna, India
BIT International College, formerly the Bohol Institute of Technology or BIT, in Bohol, Philippines
BIT Sathy or Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India
Bhilai Institute of Technology – Durg, in Central India
Bangladesh International Tutorial- A school in Dhaka

Built-in test, in electronics
BIT (alternative information centre), a communal information service which derived its name from the smallest unit of computer information
Benzisothiazolinone, a biocide
BIT Numerical Mathematics a journal of mathematics
Binary indexed tree, a data structure
.bit, the former file extension for .mp3 before 1995

Bit people, an ethnic group in Laos
Bit language, spoken by the Bit people
Bit (money)
Bachelor of Information Technology, a degree
Bilateral investment treaty
Bit or Bitburger, the beer of the Bitburger brewery
Bit, magazine for owners of home computers published by Ultrasoft
Beijing Institute of Technology F.C., an association football club in China
BIT, the National Rail station code for Bicester Village railway station, Oxford, England
Bittern railway station, Melbourne
Bit (film)