trot

n 1: a slow pace of running [syn: {jog}, {lope}]

2: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language

(often used illicitly) [syn: {pony}, {crib}]

3: a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike

the ground together

v 1: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: {jog}, {clip}]

2: ride at a trot

3: cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home"

trit

/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)