Horse bit; Horse bits; Champing at the bit; Chomping at the bit; Horse's bit; Horsebit
The bit is an item of a horse's tack. It usually refers to the assembly of components that contacts and controls the horse's mouth, and includes the shanks, rings, cheekpads and mullen, all described here below, but it also sometimes simply refers to the mullen, the piece that fits inside the horse's mouth.
NUMBER OF BINARY DIGITS (BITS), NECESSARY TO REPRESENT AN INTEGER IN THE BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM
Bit length; Bit width
Bit-length or bit width is the number of binary digits, called bits, necessary to represent an integer as a binary number. Formally, the bit-length of a natural number n>0 is a function, bitLength(n), of the binary logarithm of n:
Wait-a-minute tree, wait-a-bit tree, or wait-a-bit plant are common names for a variety of prickly plants that catch onto passers-by. These names come from the fact that the stems or other parts of the plant have numerous hooked thorns that tend to hook onto passers-by; the hooked person must stop ("wait a minute") to remove the thorns carefully to avoid injury or shredded clothing.