This is my homework question and I can't find it anywhere! Any help:
"How Many Devices can a 4 bit computer system talk to?"
2007-02-07 04:08:53 · 3 answers · asked by divine 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I am willing to take a guess at this one.
To talk to devices, the system would need to keep track of each device - assign it a number. Assuming that it is limited to 4 bits for storing the numbers, it could only store the numbers 0 through 15.
So the most devices it would be able to address would be 16 devices...(????)
2007-02-07 04:19:44 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is debatable. However, I think the answer they're looking for relies on you knowing how many addresses you can have in 4-bits (think 16). If you need an address per device...
2007-02-07 12:17:36 · answer #2 · answered by Jay 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Following my fuzy logic, the answer is, talking at the same time, only 2 devices. Each devices use 2 bit. each bit use to send, and the other to receive.
If my answer was wrong don't blame me. I'm not an expert.
2007-02-07 12:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by oohay_member_directory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋