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Quiz Question #70   
How many bits are there in a byte?
Date:Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:56:38 +0100   Author:  

Re: Quiz Question #70   
"The Quiz Master" <the@quiz.master> wrote in message 
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> How many bits are there in a byte?


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Date:Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:57:15 GMT   Author:  

Re: Quiz Question #70   
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:56:38 +0100, The Quiz Master <the@quiz.master> wrote:


>How many bits are there in a byte?


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Date:Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:50:06 GMT   Author:  

Re: Quiz Question #70   
The Quiz Master  asked

> How many bits are there in a byte?


How many do you want?

It actually depends on the CPU designer, as a byte is the smallest 
independantly addressable unit of storage. 
I used to use a mainfram with a six-bit byte.

All current machines have 8-bits.

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A Lurker
Date:Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:16:55 GMT   Author: