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BitsBITS is a popular acronym for the Birla Institute of Technology & Science ( BITS Pilani), a premier science and technology university located in Pilani, with branches in Dubai and Goa, and an extension centre in Bangalore. BitstreamA bitstream or bit stream is a time series of bits. A bytestream is a series of bytes, typically of 8 bits each, and can be regarded as a special case of a bitstream. Bitstreams are used extensively in telecommunications and computing: for example, the SD Bitstream Inc.Bitstream Inc. is a type foundry that produces digital typefaces (fonts). Founded in 1981 by, among others, Matthew Carter and Mike Parker, it claims to be the oldest such company. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Besides building a library of " Bitstream VeraBitstream Vera is a typeface (font) with a liberal license. It was designed by Jim Lyles from Bitstream, and is closely based on Bitstream Prima, for which Lyles was also responsible. It was designed specifically for readability and attractiveness on comp BitSpiritBitSpirit is a P2P application that runs ". torrent" files. BitTorrent is a P2P protocol that uses "trackers" to manage clients, which when downloading from other clients, must also upload. The client is written in C++. External links . Bitstream CyberbitBitstream Cyberbit is a commercial Unicode font designed by Bitstream. It was historically one of the first widely available fonts with support for non- ASCII characters. Cyberbit was developed by Bitstream to provide Unicode Consortium members with a lar Bitsaa international