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Article #723Re: How do you say "byte" in French?
From: lamy
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1986 19:50
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1986 19:50
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"byte", when used a a measure of memory capacity, usually means 8 useable bits, and gets translated as "octet". Memory should be measured in bits, or maybe in characters (maybe this is where the confusion comes from, since often 1 char <= 1 byte). Even the notion of "byte" makes little sense since it no longer corresponds to the width of the data paths, to processor register size. It may be useful when talking of the different lenghts of instructions, but I need to be convinced... "multiplet" is more general, and applies to the 9bit PDP-10 and the 6bit CDC "bytes". Jean-Francois Lamy AI Group, Dept of Computer Science CSNet: lamy@ai.toronto.edu University of Toronto EAN: lamy@ai.toronto.cdn Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A4 UUCP: lamy@utai.uucp
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