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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James Knott wrote:
> Örn Hansen wrote:
> >   I think a byte is always 2^8, no matter what. 
> >   
> Frayed knot!  There were systems that used 6 bit bytes and probably
> other sizes too.

Doubly frayed knot...


Those aren't bytes, those are words.

Wordsize may vary, but bytes are 8 bits.
and nybbles are 4 bits.



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