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Ayste /tayst/ N. Two Bits; Also As Taste. Syn.
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tayste /tayst/
n. Two bits; also as taste.
Syn. crumb, quarter. See nybble.
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ayste: /tayst/ n. Two bits; also as {taste}. Syn.
{crumb}, {quarter}. Compare {{byte}}, {dynner}, {playte}, {nybble}, {quad}....
quarter: n. Two bits. This in turn comes from the `pieces of eight' famed in pirate movies --- Spanish silver crowns that could be broken into eight pie-slice-shaped `bits' to make change.
Early in American history the Spanish coin was considered equal to a dollar, so each of these `bits' was considered worth 12....
dynner /din'r/ n. 32 bits, by analogy with nybble and byte.
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also playte, tayste, crumb....
quarter n. Two bits. This in turn comes from the `pieces of eight' famed in pirate movies -- Spanish silver crowns that could be broken into eight pie-slice-shaped `bits' to make change.
Early in American history the Spanish coin was considered equal to a dollar, so each of these `bits' was considered worth 12....
dynner: /din'r/ 32 bits, by analogy with {nybble} and {{byte}}.
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also {playte}, {tayste}, {crumb}....
crumb: n. Two binary digits; a {quad}. Larger than a {bit}, smaller than a {nybble}.
Considered silly. Syn. {tayste}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
crumb n. Two binary digits; a quad. Larger than a bit, smaller than a nybble.
Considered silly. Syn. tayste. General discussion of such terms is under nybble....
quad n. 1. Two bits; syn. for quarter, crumb, tayste.
2. A four-pack of anything (compare hex, sense 2)....
quad: n. 1. Two bits; syn. for {quarter}, {crumb}, {tayste}.
2. A four-pack of anything (compare {hex}, sense 2)....