The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BITS
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Buddy explains!
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What does BITS mean?
BITS noun- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
- A coin of a specified value.
- A ten-cent piece, dime.
- A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
- In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
- A small amount of something.
- Specifically, a small amount of time.
- (plural) Fractions of a second.
- A portion of something.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- A small part or role, sometimes with spoken lines, in a theatrical performance.
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
- A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).