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Topics referred to by the same term
Bit rot may refer to: Software rot, the deterioration of unmaintained software Data degradation, the decay of electromagnetic charge in a computer's storage
Bit_rot
2008 novel by Charles Stross
Children as a standalone novel, he published a short story sequel called "Bit Rot" in the 2010 anthology Engineering Infinity and later made it available
Saturn's_Children_(novel)
Degradation or loss of the use of software over time
Software rot (bit rot, code rot, software erosion, software decay, or software entropy) is the degradation, deterioration, or loss of the use or performance
Software_rot
Topics referred to by the same term
tissue Bit rot, data degradation Software rot, a form of bit rot Disk rot, also called CD Rot or DVD rot, the physical decay of optical disks Link rot, hyperlinks
Rot
Accumulation of data corruption on a storage device over time
storage device. It is also referred to as data decay, data rot, digital decay, or bit rot. This results in a decline in data quality over time, even when
Data_degradation
Canadian writer and graphic designer (born 1961)
Toronto from 2014 to 2015, while his first major solo exhibition in Europe, Bit Rot, was shown at Rotterdam's Kunstinstituut Melly as well as Munich’s Villa
Douglas_Coupland
Type of file format
can be used for protecting any kind of data from data corruption, disc rot, bit rot, and accidental or malicious damage. Despite the name, Parchive uses
Parchive
stories as the "Freyaverse." Saturn's Children (2008, ISBN 0-441-01594-8) "Bit Rot", short story in Engineering Infinity (2010, ISBN 1-907-51952-1) available
Charles_Stross_bibliography
Data loss as the format goes into disuse
(most) memory cards encounter their own form of bit rot when the charges representing individual bits of binary information dissipate beyond a certain
Digital_obsolescence
Programming paradigm
archive-org link links to unrelated maybe-spam site, unclear if legitimate bit rot or malice. Please help improve this article if you can. (April 2025) (Learn
Metaprogramming
Archive file format
of archive formats Comparison of file archivers Data corruption, Bit rot, Disc rot RAR 5.0 technote "Interview by correspondence" (in Russian). 1997–2002
RAR_(file_format)
Degradation and loss of digitally-stored information
Print Media May Be Bad for Humanity, Tony Bradley, PCWorld, 19 March 2012 Bit Rot – The Economist, 28 April 2012 "Raiders of the Lost Web", The Atlantic
Digital_dark_age
Materials that originate in a digital form
processes such as bit rot can lead to irreparable damage. In the case of born-digital content, deterioration can occur in the form of bit rot, a process in
Born-digital
American writer, critic and public intellectual (1933–2004)
archive—and the efforts to make it publicly available while protecting it from bit rot—are the subject of the article On Excess: Susan Sontag's Born-Digital Archive
Susan_Sontag
Simple encryption method
the ROT13 function is its own inverse: ROT 13 ( ROT 13 ( x ) ) = x {\displaystyle {\mbox{ROT}}_{13}({\mbox{ROT}}_{13}(x))=x} for any basic Latin-alphabet
ROT13
1989 studio album by Obituary
Slowly We Rot is the debut studio album by American death metal band Obituary, released on in 1989 through R/C Records. The album was recorded at Morrisound
Slowly_We_Rot
performance". Retrieved March 16, 2012. Kingsley-Hughes, Adrian (January 12, 2009). "Windows bit-rot - fact or fiction?". ZDNet. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
Criticism of Microsoft Windows
Criticism_of_Microsoft_Windows
Locations of medium errors can be either temporary (as in the case of bit rot – there is no damage to the medium, the data was simply lost), or permanent
Medium_error
Old Unix executable file format
produce a.out files, and facilities for the format were suffering from bit rot, the a.out file format on Linux was deprecated with the release of the
A.out
Electronic non-volatile computer storage device
time, leading to an accumulation of logical errors, also known as "bit rot" or "bit fading". It is unclear how long data on flash memory will persist under
Flash_memory
Sector of a disk storage unit which is unreadable
depending on what is making the sector inaccessible. In case of power loss, bit rot (more likely on floppy disks), or firmware issues, the on-disk format can
Bad_sector
Office suite of applications created by Apple
Phipps, Simon (March 21, 2014). "Open document standards will cure Apple's bit rot". Infoworld. Retrieved November 23, 2014. "Apple updates iWork for iOS
IWork
2023 film by Sebastián Silva
Rotting in the Sun is a 2023 black comedy thriller film directed by Sebastián Silva, who co-wrote the screenplay with Pedro Peirano. It stars Jordan Firstman
Rotting_in_the_Sun
Programming Contest
Yale-NUS College and National University of Singapore Worker-Wrappers against Bit Rot. The task is to program a robot called a worker-wrapper to efficiently
ICFP_Programming_Contest
Copy-on-write file system
physical errors, misprocessing by the hardware or operating system, or bit rot events and data corruption that may happen over time. Its complete control
ZFS
Turkish curator
and raw materials, asymmetric warfare and planetary computation) (2015), Bit Rot by Douglas Coupland (2015), Character is Fate by Willem de Rooij (2015)
Defne_Ayas
2025 AI-generated Internet memes
characters often have Italian suffixes, such as -ini or -ello. The term brain rot was named Oxford Word of the Year in 2024, and refers to the deteriorating
Italian_brainrot
protection[citation needed] until it became obsolete as games grew larger. Due to bit rot, original working versions of these floppy disks are rare. Some have been
List of self-booting IBM PC compatible games
List_of_self-booting_IBM_PC_compatible_games
2003 science fiction novel by Charles Stross
design. The Mimes: An offshoot of the Fringe that in the past suffered bit rot from a solar flare and has become corrupted. On a visited planet, the Mimes
Singularity_Sky
Study of old data sources
Daily transferring data from their mirror sites to the emergency servers. Bit rot Data curation Data preservation Digital dark age Digital preservation Knowledge
Data_archaeology
2010 science fiction novel by Jonathan Maberry
Rot & Ruin is a science fiction novel by American writer Jonathan Maberry, published by Simon & Schuster. It is an example of post-zombie apocalypse setting
Rot_&_Ruin
2010 anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan
(short story) "The Server and the Dragon" by Hannu Rajaniemi (short story) "Bit Rot" (Saturn's Children) by Charles Stross (novelette) "Creatures with Wings"
Engineering_Infinity
Set of cryptographic hash functions
bits: SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-512/224, SHA-512/256. SHA-256 and SHA-512 are hash functions whose digests are eight 32-bit and 64-bit words
SHA-2
Quantum logic gate
controlled NOT gate (also C-NOT or CNOT), controlled-X gate, controlled-bit-flip gate, Feynman gate or controlled Pauli-X is a quantum logic gate that
Controlled_NOT_gate
Family of cryptographic hash functions
including: SHA-0: A retronym applied to the original version of the 160-bit hash function published in 1993 under the name "SHA". It was withdrawn shortly
Secure_Hash_Algorithms
German author and translator (born 1961)
(with Harald Hellmann) Tropen 2010, ISBN 9783608501100. Douglas Coupland: Bit Rot: Berichte aus der sich auflösenden Welt (with Harald Hellmann) Blumenbar
Clara_Drechsler
Art gallery in Rotterdam NL, opened 1990
Reynaud-Dewar, and Jeremy Shaw. Douglas Coupland held an exhibition called Bit Rot at the center in 2016. In 2019, the center hosted a solo show by Firelei
Kunstinstituut_Melly
American electronics company
an early graphics workstation (Prototype)". Josh Dersch (2013-07-11). "BitRot: sImlac v0.0 is ready for human consumption". Retrieved 2013-10-17. Tom
IMLAC
Problem in mathematics
{\displaystyle \operatorname {rot} (x,t)} indicates the bitwise rotation of x {\displaystyle x} to the left by t {\displaystyle t} bits. For every i {\displaystyle
Yao's_Millionaires'_problem
1994 studio album by Sponge
sonic structures that layer a bit of lead around their listener-friendly cores." They also wrote "Elsewhere on Rotting Piñata, Sponge shows an affinity
Rotting_Piñata
American artist
Dickinson Gallery, New York, NY, December 15, 2015 - January 12, 2016 Bit-Rot, Douglas Coupland: Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Charles_Lutz
Annual festival in Oulu, Finland
Mention: Draama-Helmi - Kukkuu (Helmi Kajaste) Honorable Mention: Huoratron - Bit Rot (Kim Koponen, Tuomas A. Laitinen, Aku Raski) Honorable Mention: Äänet Päässä
Oulu_Music_Video_Festival
Method for expanding key to round keys in AES
AES-256 W0, W1, ... W4R-1 as the 32-bit words of the expanded key Also define RotWord as a one-byte left circular shift: RotWord ( [ b 0 b 1 b 2 b 3 ] ) =
AES_key_schedule
Deutschlandfunk Starnberg/Gautinger Str. 0,05 87.9 MDR Aktuell Bautzen 0,1 87.9 bit eXpress Erlangen-Tennenlohe (Fraunhofer) 0,01 87.9 Peilsender Klingenmünster/Pfalzklinikum
List of FM radio stations in Germany
List_of_FM_radio_stations_in_Germany
English electronic duo
Isaac, was an English electronic duo from London. The group consisted of Rou Rot and Sadie Pinn, who met while living in a warehouse in North London. They
Crim3s
Internet error message
Funky caching – Generation, display and storage of dynamic content Link rot – URLs ceasing to function List of HTTP status codes Fielding, R; Reschke
HTTP_404
Andreas Bogk and I rescued the source tarball from oblivion. We fought bit rot, made a web site, and started making releases. Other people showed up,
History of the Dylan programming language
History_of_the_Dylan_programming_language
Hawaiian god of sharks
in Kaneana cave where he would leave human bodies to rot before eating them, as he found rotted flesh to be tastiest. When Nanaue was a man, ʻUmi-a-Līloa
Nanaue
2021 video game
attacks. They are tasked with collecting small spirit companions known as the Rot, who help to complete tasks and battle against enemies. The game's development
Kena:_Bridge_of_Spirits
Orgasm control technique
gooning have been adopted by Generation Z and older Generation Alpha as brain rot terminology, gaining popularity on TikTok. In internet slang, gooner is often
Edging_(sexual_practice)
"Salvation Tour 2015" United States & Canada Support: Chant, Black December, Bit Rot, Seven Factor, Inertia September 2017 "Rocks UK Tour 2017" United Kingdom
List_of_KMFDM_concert_tours
Not-for-profit company headquartered in Cambridge, UK
OpenTitan project. OpenTitan is the first open source silicon Root of Trust (RoT) project. It is designed to be integrated into data center servers, storage
LowRISC
Data used to detect errors in other data
invalid corner. General topic Algorithm Check digit Damm algorithm Data rot File verification Fletcher's checksum Frame check sequence cksum md5sum sha1sum
Checksum
Cryptographic hash function
Algorithm 1) is a hash function which takes an input and produces a 160-bit (20-byte) hash value known as a message digest – typically rendered as 40
SHA-1
Type of memory used on processors that require high transfer rate memory
a width of 4096 bits. In comparison, the bus width of GDDR memories is 32 bits, with 16 channels for a graphics card with a 512‑bit memory interface
High_Bandwidth_Memory
2000 EP by Panchiko
four songs (versions of the original four tracks with the sound of disc rot). On 2 October 2020, Panchiko released D>E>L>U>X>E>M>E>T>A>L, another reissue
Deathmetal_(EP)
Type of computer memory
or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell. A DRAM memory cell usually consists of a microscopic
Dynamic_random-access_memory
Web technique
top-level domain Link rot List of Internet top-level domains Semantic URL Service d'adresse mondial Vanity domain Goo.gl Challenges Bit.ly as King of the
URL_shortening
First handheld game console that used interchangeable ROM cartridges
that are still in existence are susceptible to three main problems: "screen rot," ESD damage, and keypad destruction. The manufacturing process used to create
Microvision
Canadian horror film by Éric Falardeau
Thanatomorphose stars Kayden Rose as a young woman that finds her body slowly rotting from a mysterious ailment. Laura is a depressed and introverted young woman
Thanatomorphose
Linux distribution developed by Canonical
June 2019. iX (9 February 2017). "Von Linux zurück zu Microsoft: Schwarz-Rot in München will LiMux rauswerfen". iX. Archived from the original on 21 April
Ubuntu
Technological ability to interact with older technologies
series ever since, with migration over the decades from 32-bit register/24-bit addresses to 64-bit registers and addresses. Intel announced the first Intel
Backward_compatibility
Andrew’s Anglican church in Brisbane; Bill Shorten promised to "stop the rot" of penalty rate cuts if Labor wins the next election as he campaigned at
List of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering episodes
List_of_The_Weekly_with_Charlie_Pickering_episodes
Decomposition by living organisms
mixture. Over the course of several days, microorganisms digest the sample bit by bit and produce carbon dioxide – the resulting amount of CO2 serves as an
Biodegradation
2025 Indian Hindi-language television series
Itti Si Khushi (transl. A Little Bit of Happiness) is an Indian television drama series that aired on Sony SAB from 18 August 2025 to 16 May 2026. Produced
Itti_Si_Khushi
Form of computer data storage
(single-chip) 16-bit SP95 SRAM chip for their System/360 Model 95 computer, and Toshiba used bipolar DRAM memory cells for its 180-bit Toscal BC-1411 electronic
Random-access_memory
Optical analog video disc format
termed "laser rot" among LaserDisc enthusiasts (also called "color flash" internally by LaserDisc pressing plants). Some forms of laser rot could appear
LaserDisc
Type of computer memory
devices and laptops and usually connected over a 64-bit wide memory bus, LPDDR also permits 16- or 32-bit wide channels. The "E" and "X" versions mark enhanced
LPDDR
British indie alternative rock band
section of the messageboard; the disc was notably distorted due to disc rot, lending further mystery to the EP, leading to a dedicated cult following
Panchiko
2022 studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
studio techniques to alter and augment his bandmates' performances: "A little bit can go a long way towards taking a live band out of the real world and into
Return_of_the_Dream_Canteen
American musician (born 1990)
Bilmuri - Timing (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) in Youtube Rot, Sick & Thin EP in Youtube ORGAN SALAD - Rot (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) in Youtube Jared Dines – The
Johnny_Franck
English actor-manager (1924–2016)
record-breaking sequence of long-running farces on the London stage, including Dry Rot, Simple Spymen and One for the Pot. His one-night TV shows made him the joint
Brian_Rix
Cape Verdean footballer (born 2002)
(in Portuguese). 3 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026. "Sidny Cabral vom FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt vor Debüt im Nationaltrikot". thueringer-allgemeine.de. Sidny
Sidny_Lopes_Cabral
2025 fantasy novel by Robert Jackson Bennett
part procedural" and noted that "red herrings—some in various stages of rot—abound as Ana, Din, and Malo sort out all the nefarious doings." The review
A_Drop_of_Corruption
Set of cryptographic hash functions
that a d-bit output should have d/2-bit resistance to collision attacks and d-bit resistance to preimage attacks, the maximum achievable for d bits of output
SHA-3
1819–1821 expedition to explore the Southern Ocean and Antarctica
necessary because the brotkamera leaked and the officers’ flour got wet and rotted. At 6 am on September 15, the vessels entered the harbor at Santa Cruz de
First Russian Antarctic Expedition
First_Russian_Antarctic_Expedition
Japanese anime television series
constantly, for the next sixty years. The man is now old, and Rina is a rotted corpse... and still talking. 8 "Wristwatch" "Udedokei" (腕時計) February 20
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
Yamishibai:_Japanese_Ghost_Stories
2026 Indian film by Prem
Sanjay (30 April 2026). "KD The Devil review: Dhruva Sarja's film is a brain-rot commercial entertainer". India Today. "WTF ARE THESE LYRICS?". Retrieved
KD:_The_Devil
Digital rights management technology
key is treated as the Root of Trust (RoT). The RoT-derived client key protects the request using HMAC. The RoT is established through a factory-provisioned
Widevine
The Ugly Stepsister In a post-credits scene, it is revealed that Otto's rotting corpse remains in his house. Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra In a mid-credits
List of films with post-credits scenes
List_of_films_with_post-credits_scenes
Variety of grape
particular grape are that it is highly susceptible or sensitive to black rot as well as moderately susceptible or sensitive to downy mildew and Botrytis
Canadice_(grape)
detective character from Dashiell Hammett's works, quoting him as saying: rot Twaddle, nonsense, stewed prunes rotgut Bad or cheap or bootleg liquor; see
Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States
Glossary_of_early_twentieth_century_slang_in_the_United_States
Social networking service owned by Meta Platforms
S2CID 19194580. SSRN 3082972. Beauchamp, Zack (January 22, 2019). "Social media is rotting democracy from within". Vox Media. Archived from the original on January
Open source filesystem driver
updates have been made to Ext2Fsd. The official website succumbed to link rot in 2024. The German computer magazine PC-WELT reported frequent program crashes
Ext2Fsd
1953 film by John Sturges
at the remote beach, young Bobby goes exploring out onto a precarious, rotting pier, high above the water. His foot gets stuck in a crack between boards
Jeopardy_(film)
Oglala Lakota warrior, historian, educator & philosopher (1854–1931)
wise. The Indian thinks he is a fool. He kill all the buffalo and let them rot on the ground. Then he plow up the grass, puff, the wind blow the ground
Flying_Hawk
Fictional comic book character
concludes by stating that after finally seeing the truth, VA and the Seven can 'rot in Hell for all she cares!' Later, Hughie suggests to her that their relationship
Annie_January
Component that stores information
high speed compared to mass storage which is slower but less expensive per bit and higher in capacity. Besides storing opened programs and data being actively
Computer_memory
American actress
experienced extremely hard times, living in an unheated trailer with a rotting floor in Wagontown, Pennsylvania, not far from her hometown of Coatesville
Susan_Richardson
フ、（フウ）、と-む、とみ fu, (fū), to-mu, tomi 1753 普 日 12 S universal フ fu 1754 腐 肉 14 S rot フ、くさ-る、くさ-れる、くさ-らす fu, kusa-ru, kusa-reru, kusa-rasu 1755 敷 攴 15 S spread
List_of_jōyō_kanji
American experimental musician
circus-like melodies". The final Nero's Day at Disneyland album, 2009's From Rotting Fantasylands, gained a cult following. This earlier music has been described
Lauren_Bousfield
South Korean art director (born 1968)
infection, reinforcing the film's central metaphors of moral and physical rot. Ryu also merged traditional Korean elements with oppressive Western religious
Ryu_Seong-hie
Type of computer memory
random-access memory (RAM) that uses latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit. SRAM is volatile memory; data is lost when power is removed. The static
Static_random-access_memory
logger who runs a dial-up sanitation service. In "Meets the Rot Squad", when Wanda found a rotting log in an empty lot, at first she hated it and called up
List of The Magic School Bus characters
List_of_The_Magic_School_Bus_characters
Type of computer memory used from 1955 to 1975
hard magnetic material (usually a semi-hard ferrite). Each core stores one bit of information. Two or more wires pass through each core, forming an X-Y
Magnetic-core_memory
1999 film directed by Roman Polanski
and Lisa Schwarzbaum said it had an "aroma of middle-brow, art-house Euro-rot, a whiff of decay and hauteur in a film not even a star as foxed, and foxy
The_Ninth_Gate
City in South Holland, Netherlands
Rotterdam (/ˈrɒtərdæm/ ROT-ər-dam, UK also /ˌrɒtərˈdæm/ ROT-ər-DAM; Dutch: [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm] ) is the second-largest city in the Netherlands by population and
Rotterdam
Term for an independent, successful woman
news unto itself. The reality of girlbossing, however, was always a little bit messier... The confident, hardworking, camera-ready young woman of a publicist's
Girlboss
Type of computer memory
double data rate), then by the width of the data bus (64 bits), and dividing by eight to convert bits to bytes. For example, a DDR module with a 100 MHz bus
DDR_SDRAM
2019 video game
the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015. "Update 7: $2.5mm, 8-bit tracks + Virt, and a peek into the basement... — Kickstarter". kickstarter
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bloodstained:_Ritual_of_the_Night
BIT ROT
BIT ROT
Female
English
Pet form of English Katherine, KIT means "pure." Compare with masculine Kit.
Boy/Male
English
Man from Britain.
Male
English
Pet form of English Christopher, KIT means "Christ-bearer." Compare with another form of Kit.
Boy/Male
American, British, Dutch, English, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Follower of Christ; Nickname for Christopher; Frontiersman Kit Carson; Anointed; Christian
Boy/Male
British, Dutch, English, Greek
From the Pit
Boy/Male
Hindu
Song
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Burt.German : habitational name for someone from any of several places in the Rhineland named Birth or Birten.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Unique
Girl/Female
Indian
Unique
Female
Hebrew
(בַּת-ש×ֶבַע) Variant spelling of Hebrew Bath-Sheba, BAT-SHEVA means "daughter of the oath."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Courageous, Warrior
Male
Scottish
Pet form of medieval Scottish Kester, KIT means "Christ-bearer." Compare with another form of Kit.
Female
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Elisabet, ERZSÉBET means "God is my oath."
Female
Hebrew
(בַּת-×ֵל) Hebrew name BAT-EL means "daughter of God."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : see Bigg.
Boy/Male
Dutch Latin Polish
White.
Male
Polish
Polish form of Roman Latin Vitus, WIT means "life."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Friend
Female
English
Short form of English Elizabeth, BET means "God is my oath."Â
Male
Russian
(Тит) Russian form of Roman Latin Titus, TIT means "fire; to burn" or "straining."
BIT ROT
BIT ROT
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Full of Stones
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Love of Life
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
It was the Name of a Companion Bin Ubayd RA
Boy/Male
Hindu
Efficient, Capable
Male
Greek
(Τιτάνος) Greek name TITANOS means "of the Titans."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
King
Boy/Male
Afghan, African, Arabic, Bengali, French, German, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Lebanese, Marathi, Muslim, Pashtun, Sindhi, Swahili, Telugu, Turkish
Happy; Peaceful; Safe; Sound; Tranquillity; Another Name for God; Perfect; Healthy; Secure; Free
Girl/Female
Russian
Wise.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
I am Soul
Male
English
Middle English name probably derived from Welsh Gwalchgwyn "white hawk" or Gwalchmei "May hawk." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a Knight of the Round Table. He was the eldest son of Morgause and King Lot of Orkney, cousin to Sir Ywain, and nephew to Arthur. He was brother to Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth, and Mordred, the father of Florence, Gingalain, and Lovell. He is noted for his fierce loyalty to his king, for being a defender of the poor, and for being a ladies' man. He is also called Gwalltafwyn, GAWAIN means "hair like rain."Â
BIT ROT
BIT ROT
BIT ROT
BIT ROT
BIT ROT
adv. & conj.
Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
v. t.
To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
v.
A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
v. t.
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
imp. & p. p.
of Bet
imp. & p. p.
of Hit
v. t.
To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
inf.
of Wit
v.
Somewhat; something, but not very great.
superl.
Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
n.
A morsel; a bit.
v. t.
To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away.
imp.
of Bite
v. t.
To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.