Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states.
Blend of trinary + digit, formed in analogy to bit from binary digit.
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