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==Criticism==
 
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Many people think this term is confusing.
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Many people think this term is confusing. For example "bit" is also a portmanteau of "binary digit", a basic unit of information used in computing that can have only one of two values (either 0 or 1). See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit this] Wikipedia article for details.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 12:50, 27 January 2018

See also: Units

Some people advocate the term bit to refer to one microbitcoin (a millionth of a bitcoin).

History

Criticism

Many people think this term is confusing. For example "bit" is also a portmanteau of "binary digit", a basic unit of information used in computing that can have only one of two values (either 0 or 1). See this Wikipedia article for details.

References


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