Gufflet

A gufflet, in the context of information technology and specifically related to file storage or data transmission, refers to a small or insignificant unit of data. The term is not standardized or widely recognized in formal computer science or engineering literature. Its usage is primarily informal and often employed humorously to denote a trivial amount of information, smaller than a byte or even a bit, or to emphasize the negligibility of a particular data segment. The term might also be used figuratively to describe a minor or inconsequential aspect of a larger data set. It implies a quantity so small that it is essentially irrelevant for practical purposes.