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minus-squareLazaroFilmlinkfedilink4•edit-210 months agoIt also makes sense in computer programming. One bit (0 or 1) One byte = 8 bit (1011 1100) it does make more sense but retraining your brain to a different math base is hard. From there, one can wonder… , why don’t we count with Pi as our base, that would help a lot with measuring circular things. Edit: 1 byte = 8 bit, not 4
minus-square@RubberElectrons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•10 months agoOne byte = 8 bits. 4 bits is a ‘nyble’
minus-square@RubberElectrons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•10 months agoNo problemo, I only remember because of how painful failing a quiz in a very difficult class early in my education was haha.
minus-squareLazaroFilmlinkfedilink2•10 months agoI honestly don’t know what I was thinking. I’ve been parsing I2C byte communication tables all week I should know this but my brain is just fried.
It also makes sense in computer programming. One bit (0 or 1) One byte = 8 bit (1011 1100)
it does make more sense but retraining your brain to a different math base is hard.
From there, one can wonder… , why don’t we count with Pi as our base, that would help a lot with measuring circular things.
Edit: 1 byte = 8 bit, not 4
One byte = 8 bits. 4 bits is a ‘nyble’
Oops yes.
No problemo, I only remember because of how painful failing a quiz in a very difficult class early in my education was haha.
I honestly don’t know what I was thinking. I’ve been parsing I2C byte communication tables all week I should know this but my brain is just fried.