bit line

A line in memory that can detect whether a bitThe smallest unit of information. It is a shortened form of "binary digit." Since it's binary, it can have only two values -- typically 0 and 1. cell conducts currentThe amount of electrical flow. Measured in amperes or amps (A).. This is how the memory is read. The bit lines and word lines are orthogonalAt right angles (or 90°) to something else. More generally, two settings or properties that you can set independently of each other are said to be orthogonal. to each other, making an array of the bit cellsA cell that stores a single bit within a memory. (Some can store more than one bit.) It connects a word line to a bit line. The bit cell can either conduct or not conduct current; those are the two states of the memory cell. that connect them.