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JAC
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 Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject: Bit or cell |
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Is it a bit or a cell?
(in relation to binary)
I have just had this argument about base 2 numbering with a fool who is convinced it is a cell. I understand a cell can also be applied to a collection of bits, i.e. a register. When you say bit, everyone knows you mean a 1 or 0. This fool says its a cell.
Am I the fool, or is he? |
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CPUShack
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JAC
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks man.. its as I thought. I know I am a not the brightest lamp on the tree, but I do know a little bit. Pardon the pun  |
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CPUShack
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JAC
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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chip68
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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| CPUShack wrote: | | Its a bit. a cell can contain many bits, for example a standard cell logic device. |
Yup. There are also RAMs where each memory cell stores more than one bit - 4 voltage levels for 2 bits, and so on.
- CMW |
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Hippo
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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1 Bit
8 Bits = 1 Byte
4 Bits = 1 Nibble
I kid you not, crazy electronic engineers  |
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chip68
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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And 2 bits = 1 crumb, according to Wikipedia anyway.
- CMW |
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Wizzard1
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Dont forget, counting in Binary outloud in unhealthy during both high school and at work ~:-S |
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chip68
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| chiptalk wrote: | | And we all know Wikipedia is the great authority of knowledge. |
Indeed.
I can't wait 'til holographic storage becomes so commonplace that they define 512 cubic bits equal to 1 crouton.
- CMW |
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CPUShack
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:38 am Post subject: |
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| chip68 wrote: | | chiptalk wrote: | | And we all know Wikipedia is the great authority of knowledge. |
Indeed.
I can't wait 'til holographic storage becomes so commonplace that they define 512 cubic bits equal to 1 crouton.
- CMW |
LMAO
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