bitlength
nounUK /ˈbɪt.lɛŋθ/
US /ˈbɪt.lɛŋθ/
The number of bits used to store a piece of computer data.
An 8-bit color code has a bitlength of eight.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The number of bits in a binary number, not counting leading zeros.
The bitlength of 1011 is four.
3. The fixed number of bits a processor handles at once.
A 64-bit CPU has a bitlength of 64.
4. The number of bits needed to represent a value in a coding scheme.
The bitlength of the character set determines how many symbols it can hold.