Ah yes. Why a byte isn't 8 bits? I learned in a PDP-11 course, in which they stated that Byte=8bits , but a Word is machine dependant. Correct...
I know that such machines existed, but nobody considers them no more. Is there any mathematical or usage reason that the standard is 8bits...
Why in computers the bits length is always a power of two. 8 - 16 - 32 - 64 - 128 - 256... why not 5 6 7? what's the difference? could I please...
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