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Re: Introducing draft-denog-v6ops-addresspartnaming


From: Lamar Owen <lowen () pari edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:46:46 -0500

On Friday, November 19, 2010 08:14:52 am Scott Morris wrote:
If 8 bits is a byte, then 16 bits should be a mouthful.

I thought the Jargon File settled that long ago: 4 bits = nybble, 8 bits = byte, 16 bits = playte, 32-bits = dynner.  
See http://dictionary.die.net/nybble

Since the zeros between double colons are indefinite length, call it the voyd and be done.


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