symbol store

A 1 or a 0 symbol stored by a computer is called a bit, which comes from the words binary digit.

The windowing interface was not graphically based - instead it drew its windows using special symbols stored in a character format.

In every direction, there were ships, dozens of them, then hundreds, of all shapes, all sizes, even one that looked very much like a Federation cruiser, except that the lettering across the top of the primary hull bore not the least resemblance to any symbols stored in the library computer.