peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (07/22/87)
>Has anyone seen a good name used for three 8-bit bytes? I've been using >"tri-byte", but could see it being shortened to "trite" or "tryte." Or "three 8-bit bytes" (why do you say 8-bit bytes, if you want to use more specific names?). If you really want a name for it, how about a "Version 7 disk block pointer"? I tend to use "bit", "nybble" (or 4-bits), "byte", and "word". The length of a word is either obvious from context (you know how big the words are on the computer being used) or spelled out. 9 bit bytes are almost always quarter words on a mainframe, so just call them quarter words... like nybbles, they're not individually adressable anyway (I guess they're inalienable bytes: "we hold these bytes self-evident...". Must be checksummed.). Or else use "char", "short", "int", and "long"... -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)