Talk:Byte
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I changed the text from "byte is a basic unit of storage" because bit is a basic unit of storage, byte is derived.
A few years ago I too thought byte meant 8 bits and my eyes were opend (by a lisp hacker as it happens). If you don't believe the claims about 7 bit byte and 9 bit byte and so on I suggest you look on the web.
I hope this article is an improvement.
--drj
I've also remember an etymology that byte originally stood for by eight, but the Jargon file says that even the first machines having bytes were not 8-bit. Oh well, maybe it's worthy just for the mnemonic value. --Chexum
i found some additional things for the table... they're really there and official. example: 5 EB = all the ever spoken things of human beings
Is the "doggabyte" unit for real? Reference? Also, do we really need articles about anything past exabyte, since these have no practical application yet and most probably never will?—Eloquence 23:10, Dec 31, 2003 (UTC)
- I removed the links to nonabyte, doggabyte, nobibyte, and dogbibyte, because I realized that the fact that I had made those pages redirects to byte created a self-link situation. I think the other articles for absurdly large units are at least not so stubby that they have to go. As for practical application, remember when you thought no one could possibly ever fill up a whole gigabyte?! --Ed Cormany 23:40, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- I'd still like to know if doggabyte is a real term. Google provides no credible reference (only a couple of websites mention it).—Eloquence
- Supposing "doggabyte" is a real term, wouldn't the binary form be "dobibyte" instead of "dogbibyte"? Consider "zettabyte," which goes to "zebibyte." Also, "dogbibyte" is hard to say. --Bkell 08:11, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Nice article! Good work! Dpbsmith 02:00, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)
C for example defines byte to be synonymous with unsigned char -- this makes it sound as though standard C allows definitions of the form "byte foo". Marnanel 00:36, 20 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I suggest removing mention of the "standards"-based terms, as they have not caught on and (likely) never will. Pgunn 15:30, 22 Feb 2004 (EST)
- The "standards"-based terms (try to) redefine existing standards, 1KB=1024b, it shouldn't suddenly be 1KB=1000b. That should probably be mentioned in the article.
- Simon Arlott 19:36, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
True or false??
True or false: it is very likely that the "kibibyte"-like terms will not get widely adopted anytime between now and 2040. 66.245.117.101 00:13, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)