bits per inch
- noun
- Specialized
:
bits por pulgada
- Increasing the bits per inch improves storage capacity but can also increase data errors.
Examples
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The old magnetic tape drive had a recording density of 1600 bits per inch.
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Can you tell me the bits per inch for this scanner?
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Engineers measured the quality of the recording by the number of bits per inch.
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The printer's resolution is 600 bits per inch.
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Engineers measured the quality of the recording by the number of bits per inch.
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The old magnetic tape drive had a recording density of 1600 bits per inch.
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Increasing the bits per inch improves storage capacity in digital media.
Synonyms
1
8.9
A measure of how many bits are stored in one inch along a track
How Dense
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'bit' (a unit of information), 'per' (indicating rate), and 'inch' (a unit of length) in a straightforward compositional way to indicate the number of bits in each linear inch. Measurement patterns like 'X per Y' are cross-linguistically common and follow standard semantics, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Bits per inch paints a clear picture: imagine tiny bits packed along one inch of tape or wire like beads on a string. The more bits you can fit into that inch, the more information you can store, so 'bits per inch' became the simple 'measure' of how much data fits in a small space.