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>>Half a byte being a nibble has always been a favorite of mine:-)
>>And there's also a quarter is 2 bits, does that make fifty cents (2 quarters) a nibble.
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>>>Yeah, that's what I originally thought. As I was composing my reply, doubt started to leak into the gray matter, which is strange...usually things leak out. Anyway, I asked a coworker and he said, "I don't know" and looked it up on the internet. I posted what he found.
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>>>>Sorry to differ.
>>>>4 bits = nibble
>>>>8 bits = byte
>>>>16 bits = word
>>>>32 bits = double word
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>I guess 64 bits would be a "mouthful"!
Good one !
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