bit bucket

See also: bitbucket and bit-bucket

English

Alternative forms

Noun

bit bucket (plural bit buckets)

  1. (computing, slang, humorous) The supposed place where bits (binary digits) go when they fall off the end of a register during a shift operation; the resting-place of lost or missing digital information.

Verb

bit bucket (third-person singular simple present bit buckets, present participle bit bucketing, simple past and past participle bit bucketed)

  1. (computing, slang, humorous) To delete.
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