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From: mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Results of what to call 16- and 32-bits...
Message-ID: <882@gilbbs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Aug-86 22:39:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: gilbbs.882
Posted: Sun Aug 24 22:39:10 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Aug-86 05:48:04 EDT
References: <26@vianet.UUCP>
Distribution: net
Organization: Gil's Place, Santa Rosa CA
Lines: 38
Summary: cute but useless

In article <26@vianet.UUCP>, devine@vianet.UUCP (Bob Devine) writes:
> 
>   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]

   This may be cute, but it isn't useful.  Try these for size:

   1 bit	bit
   2 bits	dibit
   4 bits	nybble
   8 bits	byte
   16 bits	word
   32 bits	longword, double word
   64 bits	quad word


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