In computing, bit twiddler may refer to:
- A piece of source code that does bit twiddling, which may mean:
- Doing bit manipulation;
- Interacting with computer hardware, especially when using a bit-banging technique;
- Reading or writing binary file formats; or
- Being unnecessarily complex, perhaps due to premature optimization
- A programmer who writes bit twiddlers, as described above
- A hacker, an enthusiast or a programmer with profound understanding of the fundamentals of computer operation
- A hex editor, a software application that allows the manipulation of binary computer files
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