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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."
Eh, we don't need need to use a whole byte for that, it only takes a nybble.
nybble by Sweet Georgia Peach May 14, 2004
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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.
nybble by ExitRamp May 15, 2004
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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.
nintendo was an 8-bit system. So it was a 2 hexit or 2 nybble machine.
nybble by Th3 411 kn0w1ng n3t g0d! September 8, 2006
we were nybbling on each other
nybble by Will May 12, 2004

crispity crunchy munchie crackerjack snacker nibbler snap crack n pop westpoolchestershireshire queen's jovely jubily delights 

British way of saying chips
American: Hey bro, want some chips?
British: So you call these things "chips" instead of crispity crunchy munchie crackerjack snacker nibbler snap crack n pop westpoolchestershireshire queen's jovely jubily delights? Thats rather bit cringe, innit bruv

nibble on the kibble 

to devour a mans penis and balls as their homosexual lover
Lincoln likes to go home after a hard day at work and nibble on the kibble
The combined area on a short-snouted dog's face generally referred to as muzzle and jowls. Prevalent in French Bulldogs, Pugs, British Bulldogs, Boxers and Mastiffs.
Humans can have nubbles too.
"Check out the nubble on that pug!"

"That is one nubbly puppy."

"Let me squeeze your nubble!"
Nubble by idiot_legs December 22, 2008
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