Basic and Bit

noun

• A popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use.
• Usually plural. ( a necessary commodity for which demand is constant)
  • synonyms: staple

adjective

• Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
  • usage: "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"
• Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality.
  • usage: "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
  • synonyms: canonic, canonical
• Serving as a base or starting point.
  • usage: "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"
  • synonyms: introductory
• Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base. .

• (a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
• (a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
• (a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
• (a.) Having the base in excess or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.

• Name Meaning: Diminutive of Basil: Royal. Kingly. St Basil the Great was Bishop of Caesarea in the latter half of the 4th century. This name was introduced into Western Europe by the Crusaders. Derived from the same Greek word as the plant name basil
• Name Origin: Greek

noun

• A small piece or quantity of something.
  • usage: "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind"
  • synonyms: spot
• A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
  • usage: "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
  • synonyms: chip, flake, fleck, scrap
• An indefinitely short time.
  • usage: "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
  • synonyms: moment, mo, minute, second
• An instance of some kind.
  • usage: "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"
  • synonyms: piece
• Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding.
  • usage: "the horse was not accustomed to a bit"
• A unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states.
  • usage: "there are 8 bits in a byte"
• A small amount of solid food; a mouthful.
  • usage: "all they had left was a bit of bread"
  • synonyms: morsel, bite
• A small fragment.
  • usage: "overheard snatches of their conversation"
  • synonyms: snatch
• A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program.
  • usage: "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"
  • synonyms: act, routine, number, turn
• The part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers.
• The cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press.
  • usage: "he looked around for the right size bit"

verb

• To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws.
  • usage: "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
  • synonyms: bite, seize with teeth
• Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.
  • usage: "The sun burned his face"
  • synonyms: bite, sting, burn
• Penetrate or cut, as with a knife.
  • usage: "The fork bit into the surface"
  • synonyms: bite
• Deliver a sting to.
  • usage: "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
  • synonyms: sting, bite, prick

• (v.) A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
• of Bite.
• (imp.) of Bite.
• (v.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
• (v.) In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
• (v.) The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
• (v.) Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.
• imp. & p. p. of Bite.
• (v.) The cutting iron of a plane.
• 3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth.
• (v.t.) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
• (v.) A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
• (v.) Somewhat; something, but not very great.
• (n.) In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece or groat.