[aklug] Re: half a nibble?

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On 12/5/12 3:34 AM, Christopher Brown wrote:
>
> Hint, its called a thread and I was replying to Jasons word means 2
> bytes bit.
>
> As far as a specific term for 2 bits, don't recall ever running across
> one other than "2 bits".
>
> On 12/5/12 3:32 AM, Christopher Howard wrote:
>> On 12/05/2012 02:45 AM, Jason McEachen wrote:
>>> Two bytes is a word, but I can't remember why it's called that.
>>> Think it had to do with addressing on sixteen bit architectures? I
>>> remember having to do arch checks in asm to decide if I needed to
>>> copy/move/walk words or longs for performance.
>>>
>>> --Jason
>>>
>>> Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> tldr? Thanks, but I specifically inquired after the name for two
>> /bits/, not two /bytes/.
>>
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Received on Wed Dec 5 03:43:23 2012