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From: srm@iris.berkeley.edu (Richard Mateosian)
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 02:57:47 EST
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>  A byte is the smallest addressable unit of memory in a given machine.

I know of one machine on which bits are addressable, but which usefully
maintains the concept of an 8-bit byte as another addressable entity.

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