Plé:Beart (ríomhaireacht)

Historically, the size of a byte was determined by hardware, and there were no clear standards in place. There have been sizes ranging from 1 to 48 bits utilised. [4] [5][6][7] Early encoding systems frequently employed the six-bit character code, and computers employing six-bit and nine-bit bytes were prevalent in the 1960s. Memory words of 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, or 60 bits, equivalent to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, or 10 six-bit bytes, were common in these systems. Before the name byte became popular, bit groups in the instruction stream were referred to as syllables[a] or slabs. }[ ]