devine@vianet.UUCP (Bob Devine) (08/23/86)
Here are the results of the what-do-you-call-16-and-32-bit-data-items?
Judge for yourself which are the best names.
Bob Devine
1 bit == bit[?], byt[1], singlet[4]
2 bits == dibit[4], doublet[4]
4 bits == nybble[?], nibble[4], quadlet[4]
8 bits == byte[?], octlet[4]
16 bits == gulp[2], dysh[3], hexlet[4], playte[5], gulp[6],
snack[7], snack[8], chomp[9]
32 bits == box[2], coarse[3], triclet[4], plattyr[5], mouthful[6],
meal[7], meal[8], snarf[9]
64 bits == crayte[0], meel[3], sexlet[4], feast[7], feast[8], gobble[9]
* bits == buffet[3]
Contributors:
[?] unknown
[0] vianet!devine (Bob Devine)
[1] uiucdcs!mcewan (Scott McEwan)
[2] ima!haddock!karl (Karl W. Z. Heuer)
[3] iuvax!bobmon (Robert Montante)
[4] ccvaxa!aglew (Andy "Krazy" Glew)
[5] sphinx!eric (Eric M. Nelson)
[6] reed!jeanne (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
[7] uu.warwick.ac.uk!kay (Kay Dekker)
[8] necis!schuldy (Mark Schuldenfrei)
[9] decuac!bagwill (Bob Bagwill)mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (08/25/86)
In article <26@vianet.UUCP>, devine@vianet.UUCP (Bob Devine) writes: > > Here are the results of the what-do-you-call-16-and-32-bit-data-items? > Judge for yourself which are the best names. > > Bob Devine > > > 1 bit == bit[?], byt[1], singlet[4] > 2 bits == dibit[4], doublet[4] > 4 bits == nybble[?], nibble[4], quadlet[4] > 8 bits == byte[?], octlet[4] > 16 bits == gulp[2], dysh[3], hexlet[4], playte[5], gulp[6], > snack[7], snack[8], chomp[9] > 32 bits == box[2], coarse[3], triclet[4], plattyr[5], mouthful[6], > meal[7], meal[8], snarf[9] > 64 bits == crayte[0], meel[3], sexlet[4], feast[7], feast[8], gobble[9] > * bits == buffet[3] This may be cute, but it isn't useful. Try these for size: 1 bit bit 2 bits dibit 4 bits nybble 8 bits byte 16 bits word 32 bits longword, double word 64 bits quad word -- Disclaimer: Disclaimer? DISCLAIMER!? I don't need no stinking DISCLAIMER!!! tom keller "She's alive, ALIVE!" {ihnp4, dual}!ptsfa!gilbbs!mc68020 (* we may not be big, but we're small! *)