Content deleted Content added
GreenC bot (talk | contribs) Reformat 1 citation per Category:CS1 errors: archive-url. Wayback Medic 2.5 |
OVERKILL27 (talk | contribs) m Made "unit of information storage" into a wikilink |
||
Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019|cs1-dates=y}}
{{Use list-defined references|date=December 2021}}
In computing, a '''syllable''' is a name for a platform-dependent [[Units of information|'''unit''' of '''information storage''']]. Depending on the target hardware, various [[bit width]]s (and sometimes internal groupings) are associated with it. Commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s, the term has mostly fallen into disuse in favour of terms like [[byte]] or [[word (computer architecture)|word]].
Examples:
| |||