veronica 2 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Why is a "byte" called that? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 They're named after Robert "Bob" Byte who discovered them. Link to post Share on other sites
giggsy 0 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 They should've called them "Bobs". Much better. Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 but if a byte was a bob what would a bit be? Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 So what is a bit then? Named after Mr Bit? (she says still chained to her ipod and caressing it lovingly ) Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 And pixels are named after Claus Pixel who invented the tiny square - in 1932, would you believe? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 So Ocean, what about Mr Bit Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Whats with the 1024 number as well? (in Easy English) Link to post Share on other sites
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