What (who) is bit-masks - definition
EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (S7 E17)
Masks (TNG Episode); Masks (TNG episode)
Bit (horse)
TYPE OF HORSE TACK
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.
Bit-length
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:
most significant bit
![A diagram showing how manipulating the least significant bits of a color can have a very subtle and generally unnoticeable affect on the color. In this diagram, green is represented by its [[RGB]] value, both in decimal and in binary. The red box surrounding the last two bits illustrates the least significant bits changed in the binary representation.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LeastSignificantBitDemonstration.jpg?width=200 "A diagram showing how manipulating the least significant bits of a color can have a very subtle and generally unnoticeable affect on the color. In this diagram, green is represented by its [[RGB]] value, both in decimal and in binary. The red box surrounding the last two bits illustrates the least significant bits changed in the binary representation.")
CONVENTION TO IDENTIFY BIT POSITIONS
Most significant bit; Least significant bit; Least-significant bit; Most significant byte; Least significant byte; Significant bit; Bit significance; High-order bit; LSB0; MSB0; Least significant bits; Most significant bits; Bit position; Least Significant Bit; Most Significant Bit; Lsbit; Msbit; Most-significant bit; LSB 0; LSB 1; MSB 0; MSB 1; Lowest significant bit first; Most significant bit first; LSB1; MSB1; LSB-0; LSB-1; MSB-0; MSB-1; Bit naming; Bit order; Bit ordering; High bit; Low bit; Lowest bit; Highest bit; Least-significant bit first; Least significant bit first; Most-significant bit first
¦ noun Computing the bit in a binary number which is of the greatest numerical value.
Wikipedia
Masks (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
"Masks" is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 169th episode overall.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, an alien archive, like an alien Library of Alexandria, initially appearing as a rogue comet because of accumulated matter, transforms the Enterprise as well as adapting Lieutenant Commander Data for a re-enactment of its culture's mythology, including the creation of two masks which are stylistically "a kind of cross between Venetian and Mayan."
