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Because the size of a byte isn't fixed. It is hardware dependent. There is no definitive standard defining what the size of a byte is. https://en.wikipedia.or
by pmorici 11y ago
Because the size of a byte isn't fixed. It is hardware dependent. There is no definitive standard defining what the size of a byte is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte
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- rottyguy 11y agoI would be surprised if, practically speaking, 8bits <> 1 byte for 99.99% of all general applications. My feeling is that the .01% can do the math so the other 99.99% don't have to.
- euyyn 11y agoYeah but specifically for networking, error-detecting and error-correcting codes can make a byte at the app level > 8 bits on the wire, transparently. The capacity of the hardware is independent of that, so they talk in bauds.