The definition dit refers to a decimal digit (also known as a decit, ban, or hartley) in information theory. It represents the amount of information needed to specify one possibility from the basic set of 10 single digit whole positive numbers: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. One dit is equivalent to ~3.32 bits) (Google-2026). Accessed 16 Oct 2026.