[aklug] Re: half a nibble?

Shave and a haircut?

And just in case I'm inhabiting the outer extent, age-wise, I'll throw
in this reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_and_a_Haircut

I now fully expect to see this type called saah :)

On 12/5/2012 4:31 AM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> 8 bits = a byte
> 4 bits = a nibble
> 2 bits = ...?
>
> Does the hardware / software industry have some official name for two
> bytes, or a pair of boolean values? I need to pick a type name in a
> little logic programming project I am working on and am hoping to use
> the official name if there is one.
>

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