Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ll-xn!ames!oliveb!felix!zemon From: zemon@felix.UUCP (Art Zemon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Size of "Byte" Message-ID: <3772@felix.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 19:18:44 EDT Article-I.D.: felix.3772 Posted: Thu Jul 23 19:18:44 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 15:28:18 EDT References: <2792@phri.UUCP> <142700011@tiger.UUCP> <315@nsta.UUCP> <6143@brl-smoke.ARPA> Sender: daemon@felix.UUCP Reply-To: zemon@felix.UUCP (Art Zemon) Distribution: world Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA Lines: 14 In article <6143@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) writes: >In article <315@nsta.UUCP> amos%nsta@nsc.com (Amos Shapir) writes: >>... The term was formed by a shortened pronounciation of the words 'by eight'... > >I doubt that very much! Me too. Particularly since my PDP-8 has two bytes per word. And the word on the PDP-8 is 12 bits long. -- -- Art Zemon FileNet Corporation Costa Mesa, California ...!hplabs!felix!zemon