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Definition of bit bucket
bit bucket
noun
- the place where all deleted, lost, or misdirected data goes to.
I emailed you my status update yesterday. It must have landed in the bit bucket.
Please direct all flames to the bit bucket.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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- Also "the Great Bit Bucket in the Sky".
Well, it looks like my thesis went to the Great Bit Bucket in the Sky.
Last edited on Dec 15 2012. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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