Re: [SURVPC] Bits and bytes (pratice and theory....)

[JAMES WEBSTER]

Ole,

  You are correct! Don't know why I was thinking 6.
  Jim Webster

Ole Juul wrote:
>
> James Webster wrote:
>  > Just adding my 2 cents in here. Computer math is in
>  > Hexidecimal, which is base 16. Versus our normal base 10.
>  > Some old PCs had Octal (base 6).
>
> Probably a typo, but Octal means 8. <g>
>
> Just as a matter of interest:
>   Hex is 6 (hence hexadecimal is, as you say, 16)
>   Octo is 8
>   Duodecimal is 12. This is an odd one but we use it for
> inches and time.
>
> Cheers,
>         Ole Juul
>

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