# Bit flipping

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In computing, **bit flipping** may refer to:

- [Bit manipulation](/source/Bit_manipulation), algorithmic manipulation of binary digits (bits)
- [Bitwise operation *NOT*](/source/Bitwise_operation#NOT), performing logical negation to a single bit, or each of several bits, switching state 0 to 1, and vice versa
- [Memory error](/source/RAM_parity#Memory_errors) or [soft error](/source/Soft_error), an unintentional state switch from 0 to 1, or vice versa, of a bit stored to random access memory or other medium - [Single-event upset](/source/Single-event_upset), an unintended bit flip due to radiation exposure

- [Bit-flipping attack](/source/Bit-flipping_attack), an attack on encrypted data by flipping bits

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