If "bit" is a portmanteau of "binary digit", wouldn't the analogue in a senary[1] number system be a "sit"? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary http://en.w

If "bit" is a portmanteau of "binary digit", wouldn't the analogue in a senary[1] number system be a "sit"? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary