Michigan_Mike
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Well, that phrase has been around since at least 1969. That's when I started in, what was then called, data processing.
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I remember that too. Used to have to boot up my computer with the binary bits, in octal (or three bits grouped) to cover seven numbers 0-6. That was in the late 60's. That 24 bit machine could handle a string of 8 numbers. It was a Datacraft (became Harris Corp) and a bit different from the 16 bit Digital Equipment computers.
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A question from an old college computer science exam:
Q: Expalin in 25 words or less why this statement is true. 1 + 1 = 10 (tbn hint: it can be done in two words)
Q: Expalin in 25 words or less why this statement is true. 1 + 1 = 10 (tbn hint: it can be done in two words)
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( A question from an old college computer science exam:
Q: Expalin in 25 words or less why this statement is true. 1 + 1 = 10 (tbn hint: it can be done in two words) )</font>
Binary add
OK... A little closer to 25 words:
For those that count in base 10, the decimal number 2 is hexidecimal value 10 or 0010
OK. Next question. What do you call 1/2 of a byte?
Q: Expalin in 25 words or less why this statement is true. 1 + 1 = 10 (tbn hint: it can be done in two words) )</font>
Binary add
OK... A little closer to 25 words:
For those that count in base 10, the decimal number 2 is hexidecimal value 10 or 0010
OK. Next question. What do you call 1/2 of a byte?
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Jees, just how many old data dinks are on this site? I started in '65. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif )</font>
Well, I didn't start that early but I'm still in the mix...
Started in the '70s.
Worked with and taught MVS JCL, COBOL and CICS (1.7) in the 1980's.
I thought these were all dead but I'm currently working in a VSE environment. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Get me back into a MVS environment so I can really fly /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Well, I didn't start that early but I'm still in the mix...
Started in the '70s.
Worked with and taught MVS JCL, COBOL and CICS (1.7) in the 1980's.
I thought these were all dead but I'm currently working in a VSE environment. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Get me back into a MVS environment so I can really fly /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
buckle97
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<font color="blue"> What do you call 1/2 of a byte? </font>
A nibble!
Lawrence
A nibble!
Lawrence
kensfarm
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2 bits in a byte
Cliff_Johns
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( 2 bits in a byte )</font>
Last I looked it was 8 bits in a byte. Two bits is a quarter. ( of a byte and of a dollar)
Cliff
Last I looked it was 8 bits in a byte. Two bits is a quarter. ( of a byte and of a dollar)
Cliff