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A byte is the smallest addressable unit, not a bit.
by icholy 2y ago
A byte is the smallest addressable unit, not a bit.
- ILyesMk2 2y agoOopsie, good catch! I intended it as 'the smallest space X can take' i corrected it.
- icholy 2y agoIt's a pretty impressive write up.
- jecel 2y agoNearly all current computers address bytes, but in the past we had many computers that addressed words instead as well as processors like the Texas Instruments 34010 that did address bits.