/trit/ (By analogy with "bit") One base-3 digit the amount of informATion conveyed by a selection among one of three equally likely outcomes. Trits arise, for example, in the context of a flag thAT should actually be able to assume *three* values - such as yes, no, or unknown. Trits are sometimes jokingly called "3-stATe bits". A trit may be semi-seriously referred to as "a bit and a half", although it is linearly equivalent to 1.5849625 bits (thAT is, log2(3) bits). [Jargon File] (1995-05-11)