2006-12-15 06:45:43 · 25 answers · asked by SouthOckendon 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Seven and a bit
2006-12-15 06:47:27 · answer #1 · answered by Espacer 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Generally we speak 8 bits makes a byte.
A byte may be 9 bits on 36-bit computers. Some older architectures used "byte" for quantities of 6 or 7 bits, and the PDP-10 and IBM 7030 supported "bytes" that were actually bit-fields of 1 to 36 (or 64) bits! These usages are now obsolete, and even 9-bit bytes have become rare in the general trend toward power-of-2 word sizes.
2006-12-15 06:52:49 · answer #2 · answered by V 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2006-12-15 08:17:24 · answer #3 · answered by Adam 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-15 07:04:35 · answer #4 · answered by Richard P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-15 06:50:25 · answer #5 · answered by demnity 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-15 06:49:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-15 06:47:46 · answer #7 · answered by elvisem 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-15 06:47:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are 8 Bits in a byte. In previous times a 9th bit was needed in memory chips to check for lost bits
2006-12-16 08:39:13 · answer #9 · answered by Les C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends. Bytes can be iether 8, 16, 32 or any multiple of these based on the operatings system being used.
Windows XP is a 32 bit operating system. That means that each 'byte' is composed of 32 'bits' .
The older WIndows 98 systems were sometimes 16 bit systems.
The larger supercomputers are 128 bit systems.
2006-12-15 06:52:17 · answer #10 · answered by vgordon_90 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are 8 bits in a byte!!
2006-12-15 06:51:35 · answer #11 · answered by d-a-v 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋