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--- glossary:glossary_b [2018/03/25 07:21] – [BGA] thenudehamster
+++ glossary:glossary_b [2018/11/21 10:45] – Bob Vetterlein
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 The BC3 is an automatic block control system otherwise known as SuperBloc (QV). It controls the speed of a model train depending on the occupation of the block ahead. If the block ahead is occupied the train will slow to a creep speed and stop at a designated point. Otherwise the train will accelerate to a preset speed. Manual control is also allowed for. Kits for the [[:kits:38|BC3]] and literature about it is available from MERG - TBs T33/0-20.\\
 The BC3 kit is No38 Nos 39 and 40 are a test jig and a setting up kit. Kit instructions for 38 and 39 are available from MERG.\\
-[[http://merg.org.uk/merg_resources/superbloc.php]]\\
+[[https://merg.org.uk/merg_resources/superbloc.php|Superbloc]]\\
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 Within the context of the MERG Glossary <color blue>**Bipolar**</color> can refer to:
-  * [[wp>wiki/Bipolar_junction_transistor|BJT or Bipolar junction transistor]]
+  * [[wp>Bipolar_junction_transistor|BJT or Bipolar junction transistor]]
-  * [[wp>wiki/Digital_Command_Control|DCC Track voltage]]
+  * [[wp>Digital_Command_Control|DCC Track voltage]]
   * [[glossary_t#turnout_actuator|Bipolar Turnout motor]]
-The term is most commonly used for [[wp>wiki/Bipolar_disorder|Bipolar disorder]], aka manic depression, which is a mental disorder characterized by mood shifts.
+The term is most commonly used for [[wp>Bipolar_disorder|Bipolar disorder]], aka manic depression, which is a mental disorder characterized by mood shifts.
 ===== Bistable =====
 A Bistable is a circuit with two stable conditions so that it can be switched between the one and the other and hold it indefinitely.
+=====Bit=====
+A single 'Bit' of information that can either be 'True', 'On', 'Set' (1) or 'False', 'Off', 'Clear' (0).\\
+The bit (a portmanteau of binary digit) is a basic unit of information used in computing and digital communications. A binary digit can have only one of two values, and may be physically represented with a two-state device. These state values are most commonly represented as either a 0 or 1. [[wp>Bit|Bit]]
 ===== Bite =====
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-[[http://merg.org.uk/merg_resources/superbloc.php|http://merg.org.uk/merg_resources/superbloc.php]]\\
+[[https://merg.org.uk/merg_resources/superbloc.php|Superbloc]]\\
 [[http://www.ngaugesociety.com/index.php?page=area-groups|http://www.ngaugesociety.com/index.php?page=area-groups]]\\
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 In analysis of an electric power network a "bus" is any node of the single-line diagram at which voltage, current, power flow, or other quantities are to be evaluated. These may or may not correspond with heavy electrical conductors at a substation.
+=====Byte=====
+The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits, representing a binary number. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer[1][2] and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures. [[wp>Byte|Byte]]