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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Ruffin Bailey wrote:
> Okay, we all know that every bit is sacred, but, out of curiosity, why
> are there 8 bits in a byte as opposed to 10 or 3?
8 is a power of 2. 2^3 = 8
4 is also a power of 2, but it's too small to represent a character.
16 is also a power of 2, but it's way overkill to represnt a character.
Of course, that was back when everyone spoke english.
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