Byte sizes (was Re: 2.8M 3.5' floppy

[Jim Leonard]

Bjørn wrote:
> A byte is the smallest INDIVIDUALLY addressable unit of data on a 

I agree with this, but was it universal?  For example, programming games for 
the Intellivision console involved 10-bit memory addresses referred to as 
"decels" (pronounced DEK-el).  You hear decel this, decel that all the time in 
that niche.
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