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A nibble, (often nybble or nyble) is [[4-bit architecture|4-bit]] of data. It may also be called a half-byte, quadbit, quartet, semi-octet, or tetrade. A nibble has 16 (2<sup>4</sup>) possible values. Since a [[hexadecimal]] digit is also able to represent up to 16 distinct values, it is common for a nibble to be represented as a single hexadecimal. Four bit [[Computer architecture|architectures]] use the nibble as their must fundamental unit.
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A nibble (often nybble or nyble) is [[4-bit architecture|4-bits]] of data. It may also be called a half-byte, quadbit, quartet, semi-octet, or tetrade. A nibble has 16 (2<sup>4</sup>) possible values. Since a [[hexadecimal]] digit is also able to represent up to 16 distinct values, it is common for a nibble to be represented as a single hexadecimal. Four bit [[Computer architecture|architectures]] use the nibble as their must fundamental unit.

Latest revision as of 12:06, 17 January 2016

A nibble (often nybble or nyble) is 4-bits of data. It may also be called a half-byte, quadbit, quartet, semi-octet, or tetrade. A nibble has 16 (24) possible values. Since a hexadecimal digit is also able to represent up to 16 distinct values, it is common for a nibble to be represented as a single hexadecimal. Four bit architectures use the nibble as their must fundamental unit.

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