[aklug] Re: half a nibble?

Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> 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.
>
>--
>frigidcode.com

A little late, but when I went to school (early 70s) it was:

16 bits = 1/2 word
32 bits = (full) word
64 bits = double word

I don't remember why either...

Jim G

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