Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!jade!iris.berkeley.edu!srm From: srm@iris.berkeley.edu (Richard Mateosian) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf) Message-ID: <1942@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 02:57:47 EST Article-I.D.: jade.1942 Posted: Tue Dec 16 02:57:47 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 05:30:20 EST References: <112@bnr-vpa.UUCP> <9200002@rmi.UUCP> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: srm@iris.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Richard Mateosian) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 7 > 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. Richard Mateosian ...ucbvax!ucbiris!srm 2919 Forest Avenue 415/540-7745 srm@iris.Berkeley.EDU Berkeley, CA 94705