According to the Wikipedia, 'The term "nibble" originates from the fact that the term "byte" is a homophone of the English word "bite". A nibble is a small bite, which in this context is construed as "half a bite".'
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A computer word is NOT 4 bits.In computing terms the base unit is a "bit" which can be set to "0" or "1"Then a group of 4 bits is called a "nibble"2 nibbles or 8 bits is called a "bite"next comes a computer "word" which can be 16, 32 or 64 bits, depending on the width of the computer's registers.A parity bit is used as the simplest form of error detecting code, a parity bit, or check bit, is a bit ADDED to any string of binary code to ensure that the total number of 1-bits in the string is even or odd.
A 4-bit nibble has 2^4 = 16 possible representations and we can symbolise any one of these representations using just one hexadecimal (base 16) digit.
4 bits. 24 = 16, so you have 16 different combinations.4 bits. 24 = 16, so you have 16 different combinations.4 bits. 24 = 16, so you have 16 different combinations.4 bits. 24 = 16, so you have 16 different combinations.
4 bits is equal to 50 cents the old college cheer was 2 bits- 4bits -6 bits a dollar if you can't hear us we'll shout a little louder
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