[Year 12 IT Apps] [Humor] Kilobyte

[Mark Kelly]

'Nybble' to the purist.  Nothing wrong with a little nybble now and 
then.  Which reminds me of the big-endian and little-endian flame wars, 
and the most significant bit and least significant bit.

Ah, happy days  :-)

I suppose this manner of reverie is more suitable for the SD list...

Chris Denny wrote:
> 8 bits = 1 byte
> 4 bits = 1 nibble???
> 
> Chris Denny
> ICT Co-ordinator
> Trafalgar High School
> Phone:    56331733
> Fax:        56332378
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 8:31 AM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] [Humor] Kilobyte
> 
> I like that.  Personally, I drew the line at kibibytes 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte).  I was perfectly happy with 
> kilobytes until someone decided to make things "less confusing" by 
> redefining the term.
> 
> Grrr!
> 
> 
> Margaret Lawson wrote:
>> /There has been a lot of confusion over 1024 vs 1000, KBYTE vs KBIT and 
>> the capitalisatoin for each ...../
>>
>> http://xkcd.com/394/
>>
>> enjoy!
>>
>> Margaret
>>
>> -- 
>> Margaret Lawson
>>
>> margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net
>>
> 
> 


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