bits pl.n. 1. Information. Examples: "I need some bits about file
formats." ("I need to know about file formats.") Compare core dump,
sense 4. 2. Machine-readable representation of a document, specifically
as contrasted with paper: "I have only a photocopy of the Jargon File;
does anyone know where I can get the bits?". See softcopy, source of
all good bits See also bit.