bits pl.n. 1. Information. Examples: "I need some bits about file n formats." ("I need to know about file formats.") Compare core dump, sense 4. 2. Machine-readable representation of a document, specifically as contrasted with paper: "I have only a photocopy of the Jargon File; does anyone know where I can get the bits?". See softcopy, [[source of all good bits]] See also bit.