Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!eecae!tank!kean
From: kean@tank.uchicago.edu (Keane Arase)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: The definitive (I hope) answer to Re: Data/memory
Summary: Well, you wanted to get picky...
Message-ID: <2202@tank.uchicago.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 89 16:55:00 GMT
References: <16410030@hpfcdj.HP.COM> <3708@phri.UUCP> <5988@bsu-cs.UUCP> <2392@scolex.sco.COM>
Reply-To: kean@tank.uchicago.edu (Keane Arase)
Organization: University of Chicago
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In article <2392@scolex.sco.COM> seanf@scolex.UUCP (Sean Fagan) writes:
>In article <5988@bsu-cs.UUCP> pervect@bsu-cs.UUCP (Barrett Kreiner) writes:
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>>bit = binary decimal (0 or 1)
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>This is true.
>

So long as you want *correct* terms, bit=binary digit.
Decimal implies base 10.
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Keane Arase, Systems Programmer, University of Chicago Computing Organizations
kean@tank.uchicago.edu           syskean@uchimvs1.uchicago.edu

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