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To: MoodyBlu

Interesting information! One hardly ever sees base 8 numbers anymore since they do not fit evenly into 8, 16, and 32 bits.

240 posted on 06/03/2005 8:31:07 AM PDT by Haru Hara Haruko

To: Haru Hara Haruko

What? Base 8 numbers fits perfectly. 1 digit is exactly 1 nibble, or 4-bits. So all 4 base 8 digits would be a 16-bit number.

242 posted on 06/03/2005 8:33:32 AM PDT by xmm0 (This post has been brought to you by the letters "U," "S," and "A" and Amendment number 1.)

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