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Nibble


Four bits or half a byte, also sometimes spelled "nybble." Since a nibble encodes values from 0 to 2^4-1=15, it can conveniently be represented using a single hexadecimal digit 0-F.


See also

Bit, Byte, Crumb, Hexadecimal

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References

Deitel, H. M. An Introduction to Operating Systems, 2nd ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1989.

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Nibble

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Nibble." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Nibble.html

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