Bits

[Shprentz, J. [C] <Shp...@ni...>]

Will,

Your mention of a "Jimmy Wig" reminds me that although we converse in
English, we may not share a common vocabulary.

The term "bits" appears throughout the Arusha documentation. For example, on
the "Arusha Project package management" page
<http://ark.sourceforge.net/pkg-mgmt.html#terminology>, you define a package
in terms of bits:  "A 'package' is a logically coherent bundle of bits
promulgated by a team that represent some sysadmin 'added value.'"

As an American working with computers, I assumed that these bits were binary
digits--literally the ones and zeroes that compose a package.  Then my
British neighbor spoke of needing some bits to repair his car.

Now I wonder whether a package is a bundle of binary digits or a bundle of
small pieces.

P.S. What is a Jimmy Wig?

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Joel Shprentz
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