[aklug] Re: half a nibble?

From: Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>
Date: Wed Dec 05 2012 - 10:10:48 AKST

On Wed, 5 Dec 2012, Tim Johnson wrote:

> * Jason McEachen <jason@brightshinyobject.com> [121205 08:04]:
>
>> 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.
>
> dribble

Ah, the trouble with dribbles... ;-)

Personally, since it all starts with nibbles and bytes I think it should be
called a crumb. Let's start a trend and start asking our ISPs for crumby
addresses: "I need a 64 crumb address for IPv6..." Then you can tell your
friends to follow the crumb trail to your web server. :-)

This sleep-deprived lunacy brought to you by the letter A and the number
5...

         --Arthur Corliss
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