"bitfield" meaning in English

See bitfield in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bitfields [plural], bit field [alternative]
Etymology: From bit + field. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bit|field}} bit + field Head templates: {{en-noun}} bitfield (plural bitfields)
  1. (programming) A sequence of bits (binary digits) which can be toggled individually as flags. Wikipedia link: bitfield Categories (topical): Programming Translations (Translations): Bitfeld [neuter] (German), pole bitowe [neuter] (Polish)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bit",
        "3": "field"
      },
      "expansion": "bit + field",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bit + field.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitfields",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit field",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bitfield (plural bitfields)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Programming",
          "orig": "en:Programming",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Software engineering",
            "Technology",
            "Computer science",
            "Engineering",
            "Software",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Media",
            "Fundamental",
            "Communication"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sequence of bits (binary digits) which can be toggled individually as flags."
      ],
      "id": "en-bitfield-en-noun-UaUeMWbx",
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sequence",
          "sequence"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ],
        [
          "toggle",
          "toggle"
        ],
        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) A sequence of bits (binary digits) which can be toggled individually as flags."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Bitfeld"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pole bitowe"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "bitfield"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitfield"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bit",
        "3": "field"
      },
      "expansion": "bit + field",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bit + field.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitfields",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit field",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bitfield (plural bitfields)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sequence of bits (binary digits) which can be toggled individually as flags."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sequence",
          "sequence"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ],
        [
          "toggle",
          "toggle"
        ],
        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) A sequence of bits (binary digits) which can be toggled individually as flags."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "bitfield"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bitfeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pole bitowe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitfield"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bitfield meaning in English (1.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (b81b832 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.