Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcnc!gatech!hao!ames!oliveb!pyramid!ncc!lyndon From: lyndon@ncc.UUCP (Lyndon Nerenberg) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" (really: byte != 8 bits) Message-ID: <1496@ncc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 19:17:53 EDT Article-I.D.: ncc.1496 Posted: Mon Jul 20 19:17:53 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 03:49:25 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <2792@phri.UUCP> <524@ollie.UUCP> Organization: Nexus Computing Corp., Edmonton, AB Lines: 11 In article <524@ollie.UUCP>, hansen@mips.UUCP (Craig Hansen) writes: > > Has anyone seen a good name used for three 8-bit bytes? I've been using > "tri-byte", but could see it being shortened to "trite" or "tryte." 24 bits is a tribble (not to be confused with a tribbit, which is 3 bits). --lyndon -- Ollie for president: the tradition continues.