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While you got an answer already, there was also a time where 8 bit wasn't standard yet, and computers existed in all kinds of word sizes. 18 bit, 36 bit, and ev
by anyfoo 5y ago
While you got an answer already, there was also a time where 8 bit wasn't standard yet, and computers existed in all kinds of word sizes. 18 bit, 36 bit, and even "variable size" (i.e. IBM 1401). The further back you go, the more it shatters what we consider "normal" and "essentially fixed" in today's computer world.