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[–] modus@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

What's the other half called?

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 9 points 20 hours ago

jeremy

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 19 hours ago

Wait until you learn what the other seven parts of a byte are called when the first one is called a bit.

[–] Cyberfuchs@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

One is called high nibble, the other half is called low nibble

[–] stardustpathsofglory@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Sounds like a case for the beauty doc