bitstring
nounUK /ˈbɪt.strɪŋ/
US /ˈbɪt.strɪŋ/
A bitstring is a row of 0s and 1s that a computer reads.
The program stored the flag as a short bitstring like 10110.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In computing, a sequence of bits of any length used to represent data or instructions.
The checksum is computed over the entire bitstring of the message.
3. In mathematics and information theory, a finite or infinite ordered sequence of binary digits.
The set of all finite bitstrings is countably infinite.
4. In programming, a data type or literal that holds a fixed-length sequence of bits.
She declared a bitstring variable of length eight to hold the status flags.