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fakebit

noun

Etymology

From fake + bit, alliterative with 8-bit.

  1. derived from *bʰeyd-✻ — “to split”
  2. inherited from *bitô✻
  3. inherited from bita — “bit; fragment; morsel”
  4. inherited from bitte
  5. compounded as fakebit — “fake + bit”

Definitions

  1. A style of electronic music that uses modern software synthesizers to simulate the sound…

    A style of electronic music that uses modern software synthesizers to simulate the sound of early 8-bit computers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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