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Bit-Laqe
Bit-Laqe, also known as Laqe, was an Aramean tribal confederation on the Middle Euphrates in the early 1st millennium BC, inheriting the territory of the kingdom of Khana.
Bit-patterned media
Bit-patterned media (BPM) is a proposed magnetic recording technology for hard drives in which each bit is stored in one isolated magnetic island instead of many grains.
Bit-Zamani
Bit-Zamani, also written Bet-Zamani, was an Aramean kingdom of the upper Tigris valley centered on Amida, best known from Neo-Assyrian records and later absorbed into the Assyrian province of Amēdu.
bit.bio
bit.bio, also known as Bit Bio Limited, is a Cambridge, UK synthetic biology company founded in 2016 that reprograms stem cells into defined human cell types for research and drug discovery.
BIT20 Ensemble
BIT20 Ensemble, founded 1989 in Bergen from BIT 4 and Gruppe 20, is a leading Nordic contemporary music sinfonietta of 17 musicians, giving 30-40 concerts yearly, commissioning 100+ works, and recording 26 CDs.
Bitauto (易车网)
Bitauto (易车网) is a Chinese automotive internet company founded in 2000 by William Li, who later founded Nio; it runs the Yiche app and was taken private by Tencent in 2020.
Bitbucket
Bitbucket, also known as Bitbucket.org, is a Git hosting and code collaboration service developed by Atlassian, which acquired it in 2010 after its 2008 launch.
Bitburg controversy
Bitburg controversy: 1985 dispute over Reagan and Kohl's wreath-laying at Kolmeshöhe cemetery, Bitburg, where 49 Waffen-SS graves among 2,000 German dead sparked US congressional and Jewish-organization protests before the May 5 visit.
Bitch
Bitch (Old English bicce): originally a female dog, from about 1400 a derogatory term for women, with later senses for difficult things, complaints, and men; heavily studied for pejoration and partial feminist and hip-hop reclamation.
Bitch (album)
Bitch is Lizzo's 2026 Atlantic Records studio album, 12 tracks, 35:44, rock-leaning pop/R&B/rap interpolating Meredith Brooks and Bon Jovi; it missed the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 46 on Top Album Sales.
Bitch (magazine)
Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, a feminist quarterly magazine founded in Oakland in 1996 by Lisa Jervis, Andi Zeisler, and Benjamin Shaykin; published by nonprofit Bitch Media from Portland until closing in June 2022.
Bitch Better Have My Money
Bitch Better Have My Money (BBHMM) is a 2015 Rihanna single produced by Deputy and Kanye West, sampling AMG's 1992 track, with a violent seven-minute revenge video; RIAA Diamond certified.
Bitch I'm Madonna
"Bitch I'm Madonna" is a 2015 self-referential club song by Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj, the third single from Rebel Heart, produced by Diplo and SOPHIE, with a celebrity-filled video directed by Jonas Åkerlund.
Bitch Wars
The Bitch Wars (Сучьи войны) were 1945–1953 conflicts in Soviet Gulag camps between thieves-in-law upholding the non-collaboration code and 'sukas', front-veteran prisoners who fought for the Red Army, with tens of thousands dead.
Bitch x Rich (청담국제고등학교)
Bitch x Rich (청담국제고등학교, Cheongdam International High School) is a 2023 South Korean teen mystery thriller web drama starring Lee Eun-saem and Red Velvet's Yeri, about a poor student who witnesses a murder and transfers to an elite school; season 2 aired July 2025.
BitChat
BitChat is a free, open-source messaging app created by Jack Dorsey in 2025 that sends encrypted messages between nearby phones over a Bluetooth mesh, without internet or accounts.
Bitches Brew
Bitches Brew, Miles Davis's 1970 Columbia double album recorded August 1969 with Teo Macero, defined jazz fusion with electric instruments and edited improvisations, sold over 100,000 copies, and won a 1971 Grammy.
BitChute
BitChute (Bit Chute Limited), a UK-registered free-speech video platform launched in 2017 as a low-moderation YouTube alternative; known for hosting deplatformed creators, Ofcom moderation findings, and its 2025 block of all UK IP addresses.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer electronic cash system, specified in Satoshi Nakamoto's 2008 whitepaper, in which a proof-of-work blockchain validates transactions so coins cannot be spent twice without any central operator.
Bitcoin (film)
Bitcoin (formerly Killing Satoshi) is Doug Liman's $70 million AI-driven thriller starring Casey Affleck as Craig Wright, with Gal Gadot and Pete Davidson; shot on one London soundstage, in post-production, no release date.
Bitcoin buried in Newport landfill
A hard drive holding the private key to 8,000 bitcoin, discarded by James Howells of Newport, Wales, in 2013; his lawsuit to excavate the landfill failed in 2025.
Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a cryptocurrency created on August 1, 2017, when a faction of the Bitcoin community hard-forked the blockchain to raise the block size limit.
Bitcoin miner pivot to AI data centers
The Bitcoin miner pivot to AI data centers is the conversion of Bitcoin mining companies' power sites into data centers leased to AI customers, accelerating in 2025.
Bitcoin Satoshi Vision
Bitcoin Satoshi Vision, or Bitcoin SV (BSV), is a cryptocurrency that split from Bitcoin Cash on November 15, 2018, to restore the original Bitcoin protocol through large blocks.
Bitcoin scalability problem
The Bitcoin scalability problem is the mismatch between the Bitcoin network's limited base-layer throughput, roughly 3 to 7 transactions per second, and the volume a global payment system needs.
Bitconnect
Bitconnect was a cryptocurrency investment platform, active from 2016 to January 2018, that promised 1% daily returns and was established by US regulators as a $2 billion Ponzi scheme.
Bitdeer
Bitdeer Technologies Group is a Singapore-based company founded in 2021 by Jihan Wu as a Bitmain spinoff, providing Bitcoin mining services, SEALMINER rigs, and AI data centers.
Bitdefender
Bitdefender is a Romanian cybersecurity company headquartered in Bucharest, founded in 2001 as a spin-off of SOFTWIN, whose antivirus technology dates to 1996; its GravityZone platform protects consumers, businesses, and other vendors.
Bite Force
Bite force, or occlusal force, is the force exerted by the jaw muscles on teeth, measured in newtons; healthy adults reach 300-600 N in the molar region, with male, posterior, and bilateral values higher.
Bite Me (album)
Bite Me (BITE ME) is Reneé Rapp's sophomore studio album, released August 1, 2025 on Interscope. Distinct from Avril Lavigne's single and Paula Dalla Corte's EP of similar names, it has 12 tracks, a UK Number 1 chart peak, and a Metascore of 79.