I believe that a byte is always 8 bits. Words are generally defined as 16
bits, with dwords being 32 bits, although on a Pentium you could say that
its word is actually 32 bits.
Steve Meyers
Build Manager
MyComputer.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gulbrandsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:09 AM
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Subject: Byte Size
How big are bytes? 16 or 8 bits? A heated debate has ensued over how big a
byte really is.
Thanks,
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Mark Gulbrandsen
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