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

Arts and entertainment

 * Unit of action or bit, in acting
 * Bit part, a minor role
 * Bit (comedy), material from a standup comedian's repertoire
 * Bit, in the list of Tron characters
 * Bit (film), a 2019 vampire film

Organisations

 * Behavioural Insights Team, a social engineering organization
 * Bit Corporation, a video game company
 * Bipolar Integrated Technology, a former American semiconductor company
 * BIT Teatergarasjen, Norwegian theatre and dance company
 * Bright Ideas Trust, British social enterprise

Education

 * 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

Science and technology

 * 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

Other uses

 * 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
 * Bit, a traditional valtelinese cheese
 * Bittern railway station, Melbourne