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The phrase "sticky bit" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a term used in computer programming that refers to a special bit that locks a file in place until its owner or a privileged user explicitly removes the lock. For example, "I attempted to modify the configuration file, but it was protected by a sticky bit and I had no permission to make changes."
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sticky bit
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A fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state.
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Unlike most other cakes, which benefit from an evenly supple moistness, the most compelling morsel of gingerbread is the crunchy, sticky bit where the crust abuts the pan.
The sticky bit is how to find each piece of content that you have on its servers, so, to combat that lack of grip, flexible metadata tagging and the ability to search those tags clears the path — at least in theory.
Life -- amazing as it seems -- was just an epiphenomenon, a sticky bit of chemistry that tufted the occasional cosmic niche.
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Add the stock and scrape up any of the caramelised sticky bits.
These are sticky bits of a wayward protein called beta-amyloid that gum up the spaces between nerve cells.
"One person said he carries round sticky bits of tape with apostrophes on them, and sticks them on as required".
As one analyst puts it: "There are no synergies between the sticky bits at National Starch, paints, and the smelly bits at Quest".
It serves the salads and snails and sticky bits of pork and beef that are requisite to Lyonnaise cuisine in a beautiful wooden room under yellow light.
At the tables in back, as they stare down shins and stomachs, sticky bits and syllabubs, they look a little scared.
Put the roasting pan on the heat and pour in the white wine, stirring and scraping at the sticky bits in the pan as you go.
Scrape away at any sticky bits the chops may have left behind with a wooden spatula, stirring them into the wine.
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