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BYTE Defined
Eight bits . A byte is simply a chunk of 8 ones and zeros. For example: 01000001 is a byte. A computer often works with chunks of bits rather than individual bits and the smallest chunk of bits that a computer usually works with is a byte. A byte is equal to one column in a file written in character format . Most data files distributed by ICPSR are in character format.
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Nvidia reiterates interest in mini-laptops
Published December 3, 2008, 5:08 am, InfoWorld
Nvidia officials on Tuesday reiterated the company's interest in the mini-laptop space but said it would wait for the market to mature before jumping in. Earlier this year, the company made a deal with Via Technologies  to make graphics chipsets to work with Via's Nano processors, which are designed for laptops and mini-laptops. Mini-laptops, also called netbooks by Intel, are ...
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Published December 2, 2008, 5:59 pm, ARNnet
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Published December 1, 2008, 5:59 pm, IT World
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Published December 1, 2008, 5:34 pm, PC World via Yahoo! News
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Published December 1, 2008, 2:46 pm, ARNnet
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Netbooks: small, cheap -- and fast?
Published December 1, 2008, 2:28 pm, IT World
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Intel, Micron venture starts making 34nm flash chips
Published November 27, 2008, 6:05 pm, ARNnet
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Thu Dec 4
- StreamUtil (Mockrunner): can convert inputstream to a byte array
- Chapter 5 Continued: Strings and Arrays
Wed Dec 3
- Data Rate Units: Converting bits to bytes
- BookMooch: exchange books and trade them, like a book swap or book barter
Sun Nov 30
- Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes - What Are They?
- Kodierung und Darstellung von Schriftzeichen mit und auf dem Computer: Darstellung der Begriffe Bits, Bytes; dezimal, hexadezimal - die Nullen und Einsen die der Computer ?versteht?. Ebenso wird die Umwandlung dieser 0 und 1 aus den unterschiedlic hsten Alphabeten und Sprachen einfach und verständlich erklärt.
Sat Nov 29
- Dezeen " Alpine Capsule by Lovegrove Studio
- Bit und Byte: Unterschiede zwischen den Datentypen. Kurze und übersichtliche Darstellung der wichtigsten bzw grundlegendste n Typen.
Fri Nov 28
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