Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!andrew.cmu.edu!jk3k+ From: jk3k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joe Keane) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: standard size names Message-ID: Date: 2 Mar 88 14:39:55 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 7 We all know a `nibble' is 4 bits, and a `byte' is 8. But what are 16, 32 and 64 bits? In C terminology you've got `short', `long' and `long long' (yes i know they could be different). In VAX terminology they're `word', `longword' and `quadword'. Most 32-bit computers use `halfword', `word' and `double word'. So does anyone have a decent set of names for these things? --Joe