/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)
