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Local Form and Behavior

The component name plus the named value is treated as a reference to a specific bit (the bit position within the component being defined by the named value), and that bit is set to 0 or 1 depending upon the input. No other bits in the BIT STRING component are affected. If the component is extended to accommodate the input, all other bits are set to 0.