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From: devine@vianet.UUCP (Bob Devine)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Results of what to call 16- and 32-bits...
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Date: Fri, 22-Aug-86 20:01:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 22 20:01:10 1986
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  Here are the results of the what-do-you-call-16-and-32-bit-data-items?
Judge for yourself which are the best names.  

Bob Devine


     1 bit  == bit[?], byt[1], singlet[4]
     2 bits == dibit[4], doublet[4]
     4 bits == nybble[?], nibble[4], quadlet[4]
     8 bits == byte[?], octlet[4]
    16 bits == gulp[2], dysh[3], hexlet[4], playte[5], gulp[6],
	       snack[7], snack[8], chomp[9]
    32 bits == box[2], coarse[3], triclet[4], plattyr[5], mouthful[6],
	       meal[7], meal[8], snarf[9]
    64 bits == crayte[0], meel[3], sexlet[4], feast[7], feast[8], gobble[9]
     * bits == buffet[3]


Contributors:
    [?] unknown
    [0] vianet!devine (Bob Devine)
    [1] uiucdcs!mcewan (Scott McEwan)
    [2] ima!haddock!karl  (Karl W. Z. Heuer)
    [3] iuvax!bobmon  (Robert Montante)
    [4] ccvaxa!aglew (Andy "Krazy" Glew)
    [5] sphinx!eric (Eric M. Nelson)
    [6] reed!jeanne (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
    [7] uu.warwick.ac.uk!kay (Kay Dekker)
    [8] necis!schuldy  (Mark Schuldenfrei)
    [9] decuac!bagwill (Bob Bagwill)