Definition of bit-wise
of a saddle horse
1
: responsive to pressure on the bit (see 1bit 2b)
2
usually
bitwise
\ˈbit-ˌwīz\ , computers
: occurring at the level of individual bits or groups of bits (see 7bit 2)
- Microsoft had planned to change the behavior of the words to function only as logical operators, and it planned to add new operators for bitwise operations.
- —Carol Sliwa, Computerworld, 9 Apr. 2001
- It speeds up parity-bit generation and parity checking by performing bit-wise XOR operations on as many as 16 simultaneous data-streams.
- —Tom R. Halfhill, IAC (SM) Newsletter Database, 25 Oct. 2004
