• Rinox@feddit.it
    881·
    2 年前

    bit, Nibble, Byte, Word, doubleword, longword, quadword, double-quadword, verylongword, halfword

    They check all Imperial criteria:

    • confusing names
    • some used only in some systems
    • size depends on where you are
    • some may overlap
    • doesn’t manage to cover all the possible needs, but do you really need more than 64 bits?
    • would probably cause you to crash a rocket
    • uis@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 年前

      Words! Of course! Imperial measurement is words. Because they are as inconsistent as other imperial units.