Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!occrsh!occrsh.ATT.COM!tiger.UUCP!authorplaceholder From: rjd@tiger.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" Message-ID: <142700010@tiger.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 10:32:00 EDT Article-I.D.: tiger.142700010 Posted: Mon Jul 13 10:32:00 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 05:40:01 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #R:astra.necisa.oz:-21800:tiger.UUCP:142700010:000:464 Nf-From: tiger.UUCP!rjd Jul 13 09:32:00 1987 >>To this day I am not sure why we cannot use either bytes, Kbytes, Mbytes, etc. >>instead of blocks. > > How big is a "byte"? (No, it's not necessarily 8 bits!) > How about sizing things in terms of number of bits, which is a > universal measure. O.K., I'll byte. (oops, pun initially unintended.) A byte IS eight bits!!! Maybe you are thinking of a word?? And a nibble is four bits, and a gulp is sixteen bits (or was this a mouthful?), etc.... Randy