Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!unido!rmi!wsiebeck From: wsiebeck@rmi.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf) Message-ID: <9200002@rmi.UUCP> Date: Sun, 14-Dec-86 05:03:00 EST Article-I.D.: rmi.9200002 Posted: Sun Dec 14 05:03:00 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 04:28:57 EST References: <112@bnr-vpa.UUCP> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:bnr-vpa:-11200:rmi:9200002:000:550 Nf-From: rmi!wsiebeck Dec 14 11:03:00 1986 >/***** rmi:comp.arch / bnr-vpa!pdbain / 1:59 pm Dec 5, 1986*/ >Contrary to popular belief, a byte is not necessarily 8 bits - >it just frequently happens to be that size. A very easy definition of a byte is as follows: A byte is the smallest addressable unit of memory in a given machine. This should do it ?? =============================================================== Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and as wise as a man's head. (A. Bierce) ===============================================================