Definitions
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- adjective computing Being an operation that treats a value as a series of
bits rather than a numerical quantity.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the above link the comment by "bitwise" sums the "spin" up up nicely.
p2pnet news 2009
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A Minneapolis-based Daily Kos diarist named 'bitwise' has done some further sleuthing on the impending Minnesota senate recount, which we had discussed at length this morning.
Vox Verax 2008
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By requiring the user to set carry (i.e. reset borrow) before subtraction, we can use a function bit to specify that B gets bitwise negated before being operated on.
Babbage-Boole Digital Arithmetical and Logical Mill: Part 1 « The Half-Baked Maker 2009
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X = A | B (bitwise or, Boolean equation X = A + B)
Babbage-Boole Digital Arithmetical and Logical Mill: Part 1 « The Half-Baked Maker 2009
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Since we have defined A+B as including a carry-in bit, we can set carry to 1, bitwise negate B, and then add A.
Babbage-Boole Digital Arithmetical and Logical Mill: Part 1 « The Half-Baked Maker 2009
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By adding another function bit to bitwise negate A as well, we can include all possible (non-identity) bitwise operations (NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, XNOR).
Babbage-Boole Digital Arithmetical and Logical Mill: Part 1 « The Half-Baked Maker 2009
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It is a one person, one vote system (not really because of the electoral college business), so I am sure that we'll put the most qualified Dem back into the White House, sans narrow-minded bitwise operations on his or her AUMF vote.
Report: Hillary And Obama Roughly Tied For Third-Quarter Fundraising 2009
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This would change the dynamics of the game somewhat but is very easy to revise with just a single bitwise calculation.
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By conceiving of the four sticks as a single binary number of four bits, we can then isolate any particular bit with boolean bitwise operators and add up the total of 1's.
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It is a one person, one vote system (not really because of the electoral college business), so I am sure that we'll put the most qualified Dem back into the White House, sans narrow-minded bitwise operations on his or her AUMF vote. dcshungu wrote on September 29, 2007 4: 09 PM:
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