A nybble, sometimes spelled nibble, is a set of four bits. Since there are eight bits in a byte, a nybble is half of one byte. While it may take the average person several nibbles to equal one bite of a cookie, in the computer world, two nybbles always equal one byte.
The four bits in a nibble allow it to have 16 possible values, which is the same as one hexadecimal digit. Therefore, a nybble is sometimes referred to as a hex digit. In data communications, nybbles are sometimes called quadbits, because of the four bits that make up each nybble.

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]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/289545https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/289545Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:34:03 GMTnybble, or 4 bits, or 1 hexit:(all = 1 half a byte)
After a byte is a kilobyte wich is actually 1,024 bytes(2,048 nybbles).
And the list goes on in the aspect that each unit up equals 1,024 of the previous i.e. 1024 kilobytes = 1 megabyte. This is the scale up to the highest measurement I know: bit, nybble, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, [exabyte], [zettabyte], [yottabyte], bronobyte, nisabyte, and zotzabyte.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/289544https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/289544Sat, 22 Aug 2020 04:05:04 GMTin computer [parlance], 4 bits or a mixture of 4 1s and 0s. Derived from [IBMs] term for 8 bits = 1 [byte]. A nybble is 1/2 byte

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/289543https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/289543Sun, 09 Aug 2020 04:06:40 GMT[Har har], computer programmers have a sense of humor. It stands to reason that anything less than a [byte] would be a nybble.
n.
Half of a byte or 4 bits. Used to [conserve] space for anything using numbers 0-15.
Also spelled nibble though the original spelling was with a y.

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