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From: haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (99700000)
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Subject: Re: standard size names
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Date: 8 Mar 88 06:00:23 GMT
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Of course in Olivetti machines, the Italians being noted for their musical
abilities, four bits is a quartet and eight bits is an octet.
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