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  2. Units of information - Wikipedia

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    The nibble, 4 bits, represents the value of a single hexadecimal digit. The byte , 8 bits, 2 nibbles, is possibly the most commonly known and used base unit to describe data size. The word is a size that varies by and has a special importance for a particular hardware context.

  3. Pointing stick - Wikipedia

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    Size: 8 x 8 mm. Out of patent IBM ThinkPad caps (left-to-right): Soft Dome, Soft Rim, Classic Dome, Eraser Head (discontinued) A pointing stick (or trackpoint , also referred to generically as a nub or nipple ) is a small analog stick used as a pointing device typically mounted centrally in a computer keyboard .

  4. Nibble - Wikipedia

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    An octet code page 866 font table ordered by nibbles. In computing, a nibble, [1] or spelled nybble to match byte, is a unit of information that is an aggregation of four-bits; half of a byte/octet. [1] [2] [3] The unit is alternatively called nyble, nybl, half-byte [4] or tetrade.

  5. Orders of magnitude (data) - Wikipedia

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    2 2: nibble: 4 bits – (a.k.a. tetrad(e), nibble, quadbit, semioctet, or halfbyte) the size of a hexadecimal digit; decimal digits in binary-coded decimal form 5 bits – the size of code points in the Baudot code, used in telex communication (a.k.a. pentad) 6 bits – the size of code points in Univac Fieldata, in IBM "BCD" format, and in ...

  6. List of microprocessors - Wikipedia

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    Saturn Nibble CPU (4-bit) Hitachi. SuperH SH-1/SH-2 etc. Inmos. Transputer T2/T4/T8; IBM. 1977 – OPD Mini Processor; 1986 – IBM ROMP; 2000 – Gekko processor; 2005

  7. Bit nibbler - Wikipedia

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    A bit nibbler, or nibbler, is a computer software program designed to copy data from a floppy disk one bit at a time. It functions at a very low level directly interacting with the disk drive hardware to override a copy protection scheme that the floppy disk's data may be stored in.

  8. BCD (character encoding) - Wikipedia

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    The digit zero (a single punch in row 0) is usually handled specially in some way, and the digit code was extended to values 10 through 15 by combining a digit in the range 2–7 with a punch in row 8. IBM applied the terms binary-coded decimal and BCD to the variations of BCD alphamerics used in most early IBM computers, including the IBM 1620 ...

  9. Category:Defunct computer magazines published in the United ...

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    This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. S. ... IBM Data Magazine.info (magazine) ... Nibble (magazine) Now Playing (magazine) O.