Sujet : Re: evolution of bytes, The joy of FORTRAN
De : news (at) *nospam* alderson.users.panix.com (Rich Alderson)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 01. Mar 2025, 03:39:46
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Peter Flass <
peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:
A lot of older machines were character-addressable. The term "byte" hadn't
been invented yet. The 1401 (etc), 1620, and many 70xx machines.
Point of order: Yes, it had. It simply was a term of art in signal
processing, not in computer engineering.
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