Nibble
Our Definition
A nibble is eight bits or half a byte. Nibbles and bytes are most easily read in hexadecimal systems where every byte is represented as two consecutive hexadecimal digits. This is an easier way to read them than reading nibbles and bytes as binary numbers.
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Sources and Online Definitions
" Half of an eight-bit byte - four bits. Nibbles are important in hexadecimal and BCD representations.
The term is sometimes spelled nybble."
"Four bits or half a byte."
Comments (2)
Anonymous said
at 5:12 pm on May 4, 2008
Shave and a haircut ... two bits. So, in this case, it's 4 haircuts and a shave.
Anonymous said
at 8:12 am on May 14, 2008
Cute!! I didn't know this - useful and fun!
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