Bit decay

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bit decay

Usage: n.

See Also: bit rot, computron, quantum bogodynamics

bit decay: n.

See bit rot. People with a physics background tend to prefer this variant for the analogy with particle decay. See also computron, quantum bogodynamics.

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Sources

Source: bit decay, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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