[aklug] Re: half a nibble?

From: James <marblemunkey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Dec 05 2012 - 04:42:50 AKST

*snicker* good one.

The jargon file suggests 'tayste', 'crumbe' and 'morsel' as well as the
more prosaic 'quad' and 'semi-nybble'. Nothing official, though.

http://catb.org/jargon/html/N/nybble.html
On Dec 5, 2012 8:35 AM, "Ken Weinert" <kenw@quarter-flash.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
>
> --
> *Artificial flowers cannot die, for life within them is illusion*
>

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