bit field

1. 1.

   a field containing only binary characters

   Broaderfield

   computer science

Questions about bit field

What does bit field mean?

bit field means "a field containing only binary characters".

Is bit field a common word?

bit field is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.