On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 4:45:45 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 4:59:16 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 9:42:48 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> >
> > > We installed Dish TV about a month ago, no antenna, no utility pole
> > > wire, dish is only 14" diameter, works great. Last week we installed
> > > Elon Musk's Space Link for internet, absolutely fantastic, speed is
> > > incredible, 160 Mega Bytes per second.
> > Bits, not bytes Speeds are always expressed in terms of bits.
> > There are 8 bits in a byte.
> >
> > 160 Mbit is not all that impressive. We routinely get upward
> > of 400 with a medium-tier cable connection.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> 4 bits of data is called a "nibble." Why are nibbles so important? It's the least number of bits needed to represent the numbers 0 to 9. With 4 bits you have some extra spaces left over so to make efficient use of all the numbers available from 0 to 15, the characters A, B, C, D, E, F, is used in a base 16 number system.

Nobody cares about that anymore. I can't remember the last time I
saw a program that used less than 32 bits for anything. 64 is now
becoming common.

Cindy Hamilton