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LaurieWired
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The 8-bit byte is largely arbitrary.
In the 1950s, word lengths were all over the place.
No one could decide on a standard.
Computers with 60, and 36 bit words led to bytes of interesting sizes, often 6 or 9 bits.
That is…until ASCII came on the scene.
2025-03-28T21:21:05.507Z