| French | English |
| bit de diffusion | broadcast bit (A one-bit field value in the flags field of the DHCP packet sent by the client to provide a hint to the DHCP server and to the relay agents to broadcast any messages sent to the client) |
| bit de parité | parity bit (In asynchronous communications, an extra bit used in checking for errors in groups of data bits transferred within or between computer systems. In modem-to-modem communications, a parity bit is often used to check the accuracy with which each character is transmitted) |
| bit d'intégrité | dirty bit (A bit used to mark modified data in a cache so that the modifications may be carried over to primary memory) |
| Bit Rate Throttling | bit-rate throttling (The ability to slow down the rate at which files can be downloaded) |
| bit sécurisé | secure bit (The bit in a key message used to notify the supplicant and authenticator when a key exchange is complete and a link is considered secure. The bit is set to 0 (not secure) or 1 (secure)) |
| 64 bits | 64-bit (Of, pertaining to, or descriptive of the amount of data -64 bits, or 8 bytes- that certain computer systems or programs can process at one time) |
| bits par pixel | bits per pixel (The number of bits (e.g. 8, 16, 24, or 32) used to store and display the color data for a single pixel. This is the standard unit of measure for bit or color depth) |
| bits par seconde | bits per second (The number of bits transmitted every second, used as a measure of the speed at which a device, such as a modem, can transfer data) |
| bits/s | bps (The number of bits transmitted every second, used as a measure of the speed at which a device, such as a modem, can transfer data) |
| chiffrement 40 bits | 40-bit encryption (A low level of encryption that uses a 40-bit key to scramble the contents of a file or data packet to make the data unreadable without the decryption key) |
| chiffrement 128 bits | 128-bit encryption (A high level of encryption that uses a 128-bit key to scramble the contents of a file or data packet to make the data unreadable without the decryption key) |
| chiffrement SSL 128 bits | 128-bit SSL encryption (An encryption level used for SSL. The number refers to the length of the key, so the higher the number, the more difficult the encryption is to break) |
| comparaison de bits | bitwise comparison (A bit-by-bit comparison of identically positioned bits in two numeric expressions) |
| comparaison de bits | bit-wise comparison (A bit-by-bit comparison of identically positioned bits in two numeric expressions) |
| couleur 8 bits | 8-bit color (A display setting that holds up to 256 specific color entries. Any color palette attached to a picture is by definition an 8-bit palette) |
| identificateur de masque de bits | bitmask identifier (A name assigned to a bitmask to help identify its purpose) |
| masque de bits | bitmask (A numeric value intended for a bit-by-bit value comparison with other numeric values, typically to flag options in parameter or return values. Usually this comparison is done with bitwise logical operators, such as And and Or in Visual Basic, && and || in C++) |
| masque de bits | bit mask (A numeric value intended for a bit-by-bit value comparison with other numeric values, typically to flag options in parameter or return values. Usually this comparison is done with bitwise logical operators, such as And and Or in Visual Basic, && and || in C++) |
| nombre de bits | bitness (A characteristic of a microprocessor's data stream (the distinction between 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit address spaces) and the potential differences in instantiation of components that this entails) |
| opération au niveau du bit | bitwise operation (An operation that manipulates a single bit, or tests whether a bit is on or off) |
| ordinateur 32 bits | 32 bit machine (A computer that works with data in groups of 32 bits at a time. The Apple Macintosh II and higher models are 32-bit machines, in terms of both the word size of their microprocessors and the size of the data buses, as are computers based on the Intel 80386 and higher-level microprocessors) |
| SSL 128 bits | SSL 128 (An encryption level used for SSL. The number refers to the length of the key, so the higher the number, the more difficult the encryption is to break) |
