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No, it is referring to the fact that the least unit that can be written to memory isn't a bit but a byte. To write a bit the whole byte must be read, modified a
by yxhuvud 11y ago
No, it is referring to the fact that the least unit that can be written to memory isn't a bit but a byte. To write a bit the whole byte must be read, modified and then written back.
- danieldk 11y agoSure, but in both cases if a mark needs to be changed 'the whole byte needs to be read modified and written back', bitmaps or bytemaps.