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I’ve been programming for nearly 30 years and today I just learned that “bits” was derived from BInary digiTS. That’s an amazing video. Thank you for posting i

I’ve been programming for nearly 30 years and today I just learned that “bits” was derived from BInary digiTS. That’s an amazing video. Thank you for posting it.

MrEldritch 8y ago
Also, "pixels" is from "PICture ELements"
- kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
  "pels" was an early designation.
  - userbinator 8y ago
    It's still used among video codec discussions, especially with the MPEG group.
- raimonides 8y ago
  And byte is 'by eight'