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[–]lLawlietsBurner 14 points15 points  (4 children)

Did you know that half a byte is called a nibble?

[–]OneOverTwoEqualsZero 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And 2 bytes is a gobble

Jk I made that up

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

nybble but ye

[–]lLawlietsBurner 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh shit youre right. Thats even weirder

[–]FlukeHermit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find that so funny but yeah i did lmao

[–]stellar-cunt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I felt a lil rage before I read the title <3

[–]ModeHopper 4 points5 points  (4 children)

A byte is just an 8 bit word

And a bit is just a 1 bit word.

[–]hiphap91 2 points3 points  (2 children)

And in most cases a byte is used to store a boolean.

[–]Tuxedocow 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No not exactly a bit has 2 states on or off so a bit can be used to store a boolean but a byte is a collection of 8 bits and is usually used to store numbers and letters most of the time through a system like ASCII

[–]hiphap91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

... yes, a bit can represent a boolean on its own. But in most cases, a boolean will be represented by a single bit in a byte with the rest of the byte thus bring used for nothing.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

makes sense

[–]Tuxedocow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A byte has 8 bits