lol, binary is fun!
a 1 or 0 is a bit!
4 of those 1's or 0's is a nibble!
8 is a byte,
16 is a word
32 is a double word, etc, etc
Did you know though, that originally it was thought to be more optimal to use trinary rather than binary.. The only draw back then (and still to this day) is the cost of making a computer using miltistate transistors (and gates, etc)..
As a high school project (waaaaaay back in the day), we made a basic computer. You would never think as to how much goes into just a basic 4 bit adder or 4 bit address translator, but man does it get mind boggling!
a 1 or 0 is a bit!
4 of those 1's or 0's is a nibble!
8 is a byte,
16 is a word
32 is a double word, etc, etc
Did you know though, that originally it was thought to be more optimal to use trinary rather than binary.. The only draw back then (and still to this day) is the cost of making a computer using miltistate transistors (and gates, etc)..
As a high school project (waaaaaay back in the day), we made a basic computer. You would never think as to how much goes into just a basic 4 bit adder or 4 bit address translator, but man does it get mind boggling!