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bitflag

noun

Etymology

From bit + flag.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻
  2. derived from *flaką✻ — “something flat”
  3. derived from flagg
  4. derived from flage
  5. inherited from flag
  6. compounded as bitflag — “bit + flag”

Definitions

  1. A bit (binary digit) whose value acts as a flag to enable or disable some behaviour.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bitflag. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA