bit

Binary digIT - the least amount of information there is, i.e. yes or no, true or false, on or off. Eight bits make a byte

What is the bit-rate of that modem? How many bits per second does it handle?

by mistweb October 13, 2003

shebang

lot

The whole shebang = The whole lot

by mistweb October 13, 2003

narrowcast

Like broadcast, but the information is aimed at a specific, limited audience. This is usually only possible on a network like the Internet, not with a radio transmitter.

by mistweb October 13, 2003

malarky

Bull shit, see Malarkey

by mistweb October 13, 2003

baud

bits per second; rate of information transfer, hence 'baud-rate'; see Information theory; also kilo-baud (kb)- thousands of baud, mega-baud (Mb) - millions of baud.

A 56 kb modem can send data at 56,000 bits per second down the wire.

by mistweb October 13, 2003

fair game

OK to shoot. Comes from animal hunting - yuk.

Microsoft are such a bunch of wankers that their servers are fair game for hackers and virus writers

by mistweb October 13, 2003

How's your father

Slap 'n' tickle; Bit of the other; casual sexual relations; Origin in World War II, English soldiers in France expected that an old French lady with grey hair, whom their father had bonked during the First World War might come up to them and ask this.

"Took her round the bike shed for a bit of how's-your-father";

"I don't want you two getting up to any how's-your-father while we're out!"

by mistweb October 13, 2003