Ah, I like my morning "serial" to be "byte-sized"..... All
seriousness
aside, here in California, the cultural and computing center of the universe
(you're suppose to laugh at this point), a "byte" was always 8 bits,
half-word was 16 bits (or a short-word) and a word was 32 bits (or a
long-word). On a 64 bit machine a byte was still the same but a "word"
doubled. But throughout the known universe a "nybble" (or nibble) was always
4 bits (reference: reality and the Computer Webopedia.....). Let the
bludgeoning begin....
Best regards, Steven C.
Addressing unit is WORDS... How ever text can and
often was packed in 6
bit nibbles?
The real gotya on the old machines... UPPER CASE ASCII ONLY.
Ben alias woodelf