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6-bit was common previously and then ASCII was 7-bit but that's an odd number so 8 made the most sense and it's a power of 2, which makes it even better than 6
by timbit42 3y ago
6-bit was common previously and then ASCII was 7-bit but that's an odd number so 8 made the most sense and it's a power of 2, which makes it even better than 6 which isn't.