On Tue, 06 May 2008 08:51:59 -0700 Bob Estes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Bit? Bytes? > > > > Is a bit a small bit of a byte or is a byte just a small bite from a > > bit??? Or maybe a bit is past tense of a byte??? Technology! Grrrrr > > <grimace> > > Basicly, a Byte is eight Bits. And a Nybble is 4 bits. And, at least among chip makers' assemblers, a word is 16 bits, a longword is 32-bits and a quadword is 64-bits. But, in asynchronous serial data communications (eg. modem) it takes 10.5 bits to send a byte :-) -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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