Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!nbires!vianet!devine From: devine@vianet.UUCP (Bob Devine) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" (really: byte != 8 bits) Message-ID: <207@vianet.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 15:27:30 EDT Article-I.D.: vianet.207 Posted: Thu Jul 16 15:27:30 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 11:25:27 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <2792@phri.UUCP> <6705@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Organization: Western Digital, Boulder Tech Ctr Lines: 39 Summary: repost of 'what do you call xx bits' Xref: mnetor comp.unix.wizards:3279 comp.arch:1615 In article <2792@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > 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.... In article <6705@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>, davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes: > 8 bits is a byte > 4 bits is a nybble > 2 bits is a tayste (actually 2 bits is a quarter) This a reposting of the results of a question I asked last year. I had asked what to a grouping of bits. It all started because I originally thought that "crayte" would be a marvelous name for a 64-bit group. Bob Devine +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 bit == bit[?], byt[1], singlet[4] 2 bits == quarter[0], dibit[4], doublet[4] 4 bits == nybble[?], nibble[4], quadlet[4] 8 bits == byte[?], octlet[4] 16 bits == gulp[2], dysh[3], hexlet[4], playte[5], gulp[6], snack[7,8], chomp[9] 32 bits == box[2], coarse[3], triclet[4], plattyr[5], mouthful[6], meal[7,8], snarf[9] 64 bits == crayte[0], meel[3], sexlet[4], feast[7,8], gobble[9] * bits == buffet[3] Contributors: [?] unknown [0] vianet!devine (Bob Devine) [1] uiucdcs!mcewan (Scott McEwan) [2] ima!haddock!karl (Karl W. Z. Heuer) [3] iuvax!bobmon (Robert Montante) [4] ccvaxa!aglew (Andy "Krazy" Glew) [5] sphinx!eric (Eric M. Nelson) [6] reed!jeanne (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) [7] uu.warwick.ac.uk!kay (Kay Dekker) [8] necis!schuldy (Mark Schuldenfrei) [9] decuac!bagwill (Bob Bagwill)