| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 27903 | 2002-12-06 03:31:00 | WFTWE.....Nybble.....I couldn't begin to make up something this wacky...... | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 103652 | 2002-12-06 03:31:00 | Nybble In computer terminology . . . . . . . half a byte nybble /nib'l/ (alt . `nibble') n . From v . `nibble' by analogy with `bite' => `byte' Four bits; one hex digit; a half-byte . ?:| Here's some more for your general edification; it seems some computer types have had altogether too much time on their hands! Start quote Following `bit', `byte' and `nybble' there have been quite a few analogical attempts to construct unambiguous terms for bit blocks of other sizes . All of these are strictly jargon, not techspeak, and not very common jargon at that (most hackers would recognize them in context but not use them spontaneously) . We collect them here for reference together with the ambiguous techspeak terms `word', `half-word' and `double word'; some (indicated) have substantial information separate entries . 2 bits: crumb, quad, quarter, tayste, tydbit 4 bits: nybble 5 bits: nickle 10 bits: deckle 16 bits: playte, chawmp (on a 32-bit machine), word (on a 16-bit machine), half-word (on a 32-bit machine) . 18 bits: chawmp (on a 36-bit machine), half-word (on a 36-bit machine) 32 bits: dynner, gawble (on a 32-bit machine), word (on a 32-bit machine), longword (on a 16-bit machine) . 36: word (on a 36-bit machine) 48 bits: gawble (under circumstances that remain obscure) 64 bits double word (on a 32-bit machine) The fundamental motivation for most of these jargon terms (aside from the normal hackerly enjoyment of punning wordplay) is the extreme ambiguity of the term `word' and its derivatives . End quote Cheers Billy 8-{) :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 103653 | 2002-12-06 03:40:00 | Just to add to the confusion: 6 bits : byte (in PDP8) and 9 bits : byte (in 18 bit machines) (That's why an 8 bit unit is called an octet these days ... 12 bits : syllable (in 48 bit Burroughs machines), word (in PDP8). (The I/O channels on 60 bit CDC machines used 12 bits too ...) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 103654 | 2002-12-06 03:53:00 | Good one Billy, I love it! :D | Susan B (19) | ||
| 103655 | 2002-12-07 02:35:00 | Just a quick *cough* refresh folks. :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 103656 | 2002-12-07 04:42:00 | Hi Billy. Interesting post. :^O :^O Didn't want to byte off more than I could chew, so read it slowly, bit by bit, took some digesting. It's nearly tea time so off to chawmp on a playte of chips! All the best for Christmas. (ditto for Susan too) Cheers. exLL :-) |
exLL (515) | ||
| 103657 | 2002-12-07 20:27:00 | Hi exLL All the best to you and yours for Christmas. I have a project in mind for the Christmas break: to restore an old radio to life! :D I'll keep you posted on results. Cheers Billy T 8-{) :) :) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 103658 | 2002-12-10 20:18:00 | Sorry for taking a long time to get back to this post -- had no email notifications for a few days, then got a big flood of them and the one for this thread got buried. Anyway, loved your contribution exLL. :D All the best to you for Christmas as well; trust that you will get lots of trail riding in over the holidays like I hope to do. :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 1 | |||||