How about calling it a nit? half way between a nibble and a bit...
On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 21:48, Christopher Allen wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Tim Howe wrote:
> > > leaves a 2-bit
> > > nibble to use for error correction.
> > I thought a nibble was 4 bits...
>
> That's why he qualified it by calling it a 2-bit nibble (a kinder term for
> which IMO would be differently word-lengthed nybble {or just nybble |
> nibbyl | nybbyl | nybel | nyble | nibyl | nybyl | nibbil | nybbil}).
>
> -Chrys
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