:nybble: /nib'l/ (alt. `nibble') [from v. `nibble' by analogy
with `bite' => `byte'] n. Four bits; one {hex} digit;
a half-byte. Though `byte' is now techspeak, this useful relative
is still jargon. Compare {{byte}}, {crumb}, {tayste},
{dynner}; see also {bit}, {nickle}, {deckle}. Apparently
this spelling is uncommon in Commonwealth Hackish, as British
orthography suggests the pronunciation /ni:'bl/.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
with `bite' => `byte'] n. Four bits; one {hex} digit;
a half-byte. Though `byte' is now techspeak, this useful relative
is still jargon. Compare {{byte}}, {crumb}, {tayste},
{dynner}; see also {bit}, {nickle}, {deckle}. Apparently
this spelling is uncommon in Commonwealth Hackish, as British
orthography suggests the pronunciation /ni:'bl/.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- nybble /nib'l/ (alt. `nibble') n.
[from v.
`nibble' by analogy with `bite' =>
`byte'] Four bits; one hex digit; a half-byte. ... - dynner: /din'r/ 32 bits, by analogy with {nybble} and
{{byte}}
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also {playte}... - tayste: /tayst/ n. Two bits; also as {taste}. Syn
{crumb}, {quarter}. Compare {{byte}}, {dynner}... - playte: /playt/ 16 bits, by analogy with {nybble} and
{{byte}}
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also {dynner}... - quarter: n. Two bits. This in turn comes from the `pieces of
eight' famed in pirate movies
Spanish silver crowns that could be broken into... - dynner /din'r/ n.
32 bits, by analogy with nybble and
byte
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also playte,... - playte /playt/
16 bits, by analogy with nybble and
byte
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also dynner ... - byte:: /bi:t/ [techspeak] n. A unit of memory or data equal to
the amount used to represent one character
on modern architectures this is usually 8 bits,... - byte /bi:t/ n.
[techspeak] A unit of memory or data equal to
the amount used to represent one character
on modern architectures this is usually 8 bits,...
