Definitions

1. adjective

relating to or involving the operations of bitwise logic, especially in computer science.

“The bitwise operations are used in many algorithms to improve performance.”

2. noun

a bit (in computing) that is used to represent a binary digit.

“The bitwise value of the byte is 1010.”

3. verb

to perform a bitwise operation on (data), especially in computer science.

“The bitwise operation is performed to retrieve the required information.”