Har har, computer programmers have a sense of humor. It stands to reason that anything less than a byte would be a nybble.
n.
Half of a byte or 4 bits. Used to conserve space for anything using numbers 0-15.
Also spelled "nibble" though the original spelling was with a "y."
n.
Half of a byte or 4 bits. Used to conserve space for anything using numbers 0-15.
Also spelled "nibble" though the original spelling was with a "y."
by Sweet Georgia Peach May 14, 2004
in computer parlance, 4 bits or a mixture of 4 1's and 0's. Derived from IBM's term for 8 bits = 1 byte. A nybble is 1/2 byte
Bill, a Systems Analyst, was trying to locate the reason for a computer crash by examining a RAM dump. He scrutinized a particular nybble as a possible cause.
by ExitRamp May 15, 2004
nybble, or 4 bits, or 1 hexit:(all = 1 half a byte)
After a byte is a kilobyte wich is actually 1,024 bytes(2,048 nybbles).
And the list goes on in the aspect that each unit up equals 1,024 of the previous i.e. 1024 kilobytes = 1 megabyte. This is the scale up to the highest measurement I know: bit, nybble, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte, bronobyte, nisabyte, and zotzabyte.
After a byte is a kilobyte wich is actually 1,024 bytes(2,048 nybbles).
And the list goes on in the aspect that each unit up equals 1,024 of the previous i.e. 1024 kilobytes = 1 megabyte. This is the scale up to the highest measurement I know: bit, nybble, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte, bronobyte, nisabyte, and zotzabyte.
by Th3 411 kn0w1ng n3t g0d! September 8, 2006