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What is the word for a pair of bytes?
Bit is a portmanteau of binary digit.
A byte is 8 bits.
A nibble is 4 bits (half a byte).
Is there a word for a pair of bytes?
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Thieves' words for their victims
What words might a thief (of any variety) use to describe the victims of his theft?
Con artists in film often use "mark", for example. Is there other jargon specific to the con branch* of crime? How ...
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'Correct' term for… upwards moving menu?
I posted a (technically inclined) question at StackOverflow — and I agree with a particular commentary, and we'd like to get your opinion. Here's my original question:
Dropdown menu.
But ours ...
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Alternatives to “computationally expensive”?
The current version of a sentence I'm writing has the structure:
Computing [such and such] is the most computationally expensive part of [algorithm].
At the moment, I cannot think of a better ...
