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Eight bits in a (modern) byte, eight bits in a buck. I wonder if there was a conscious or subconscious correction by the team designing the IBM 360 to align wit
by krallja 3y ago
Eight bits in a (modern) byte, eight bits in a buck. I wonder if there was a conscious or subconscious correction by the team designing the IBM 360 to align with the existing “standard.”
- bschne 3y agoseems hard to pin down exactly, but in this Computerphile interview the gist seems to be "if you get to the point where you want a distinct code for upper- and lowercase characters, digits, and a few punctuation symbols, you land a little north of six bits, an odd number of bits would be annoying to implement in hardware, so let's go for eight." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuScajG_FuI&t=184s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuScajG_FuI&t=184s
- bee_rider 3y agoI wonder when a bit of memory crossed over a bit of money. Pretty early I guess.