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bitstream

American  
[bit-streem] / ˈbɪtˌstrim /
Or bit stream

noun

  1. a simple contiguous sequence of binary digits transmitted continuously over a communications path; a sequence of data in binary form.


bitstream British  
/ ˈbɪtˌstriːm /

noun

  1. computing a sequence of digital data transmitted electronically

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However, the 2021 Apple TV 4K still doesn’t support bitstream audio passthrough, so the company hasn’t addressed all the wants of home theater enthusiasts.

From The Verge

“The bits are still there. The bitstream files will still exist,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

The recently released Carter Sans is the first of Carter’s more than two dozen original typefaces — which include Bell Centennial, Bitstream Charter, ITC Galliard, Mantinia, Snell Roundhand and Verdana — to bear his own name.

From New York Times

Those low frequencies must penetrate the young brain somehow, coming in under kids' media-hip radar and injecting the edfotainucational muchomedia bitstream direct into their cerebral cortices.

From Time Magazine Archive