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Did the term “bit by bit” originate before or after computers?

2 points by boppo1 ↗ HN
Or before/after Shannon’s paper on a mathematical theory of communication?

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allears
Quite the opposite -- the computer term "bit" was named after the common word for a very small piece of something, from an ancient tongue called Old English. Just google the etymology of it, there's a wealth of information out there.
duped
It's actually a pun - bit is short for "binary digit."