Bit

the Bit is the binary digit from Tron and Tron Uprising that is represented by a white polyhedral shape, which is a compound of dodecahedron and icosahedron.

They can understand complex language, but are binary in nature and can only say "Yes" and "No." Though they speak monotonally, they can express intensity of emotions by repeating "No, no no no, no, no, no, no, no!" if alarmed and "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes," if amused or excited. Bits can be uniquely associated to individual programs, accompanying them in their tasks and aiding them with advice or analysis.

To maneuver, Bits hover through the air, sometimes even darting at high speeds. Like programs, derezzed Bits in the Tron system shatters into cubes (voxels).

Appearances

It was only capable of providing yes or no answers to any question. Despite this, it still managed to convey emotion and other levels of complexity.

Physically, Bit was represented within the movie by a blue polyhedral shape that morphed between the compound of dodecahedron and icosahedron and the small triambic icosahedron (the first stellation of the icosahedron). When "at rest" this shape was constantly shifting. When the Bit announces the answer "yes" it briefly changes into a yellow octahedron, and when it announces "no" it changes into the 35th stellation of the icosahedron, colored red.

Bit appeared twice in the movie, once at the beginning of the movie as a companion to Flynn's hacking program CLU and later on as a companion to Flynn himself when he stole the Recognizer which CLU had earlier destroyed.

Bit was originally to have a more extensive role in the film, but it was cut to just two minutes due to scheduling reasons. Despite this, the co-creators of Max Headroom, in their book Creative Computer Graphics, called it "one of the most memorable characters in the film." At the time of the film's release, the character represented an innovative use of computer graphics techniques such as vector graphics and morphing.

Tron: Legacy

Kevin Flynn had gold and silver decorations that resembled Bit in his home.

Tron: Uprising

Able has a unique Bit in his office, which agrees that Zed is an idiot.

Gallery

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Trivia

• Bits in the TRON universe have a neutral state, but bits in the real world do not; as binary digits, they can only exist in one of two states, positive or negative, with no neutral state in between.
• In TRON's novelization, the Bit used multiple synonyms for "Yes" and "No," including translations of those words into various foreign languages. At the end of the novelization, it joined Tron, Yori, and Dumont as the system lit up in freedom, happy to have finally caught up with Flynn's friends.
• The pre-production concept art for TRON reveals that the Bit was originally envisioned to be a sphere shape with a face over its surface, making it slightly resemble a 3-dimensional Pac-Man.