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What is a bit, a penny?

• dec0dedab0de 1y ago
  1/8, so 2 bits is a quarter. it comes from old spanish coins that they would cut into eight pieces, or bits. I learned that after watching one of the pirates of the Caribbean movies and googling pieces of eight.
  • retrocog 1y ago
    THIS exactly and oops, I replied too quickly :)
• patrickthebold 1y ago
  Half a quarter.