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Quiz Question #70
How many bits are there in a byte?
Date:Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:56:38 +0100
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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?
8
Date:Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:57:15 GMT
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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?
8
Date:Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:50:06 GMT
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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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Date:Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:16:55 GMT
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