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You're aware that some computers have 32-bit words. Some of them, in contrast, have 60-bit words. It's difficult for human beings to read binary numbers. However, 3 divides 60 equally; therefore, a 60-bit word is capable of storing 20 3-bit octal numbers which, with practice, are not too hard to read.

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