Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!amelia!orville.nas.nasa.gov!fouts From: fouts@orville.nas.nasa.gov (Marty Fouts) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: standard size names Message-ID: <316@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Date: 2 Mar 88 18:32:29 GMT Sender: news@amelia.nas.nasa.gov Reply-To: fouts@orville.nas.nasa.gov (Marty Fouts) Lines: 22 In article jk3k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joe Keane) writes: > >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 I like 4 nibble 8 byte 16 mouthfull 32 gulp 64 snack 80 meal (IEEE) 128 pigout myself. Marty