Re: Bit width?

From: Ben Bradley (ben_nospam_bradley_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:37:39 -0400

On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 19:39:30 +0200, "Meindert Sprang"
<mhsprang@NOcustomSPAMware.nl> wrote:

>Reading about buses, processors and memories being n bits wide makes me
>wonder: how wide is one bit?

   I learned when I was a computer center janitor that a bit is
narrower than a bit bucket. We had to recycle bits because the local
city would levy huge fines if they found any bits in the sewage.

>Meindert

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