Sep 24, 2023
Byte has to be one of the most
recognizable parts of the digital lexicon. It's an incantation that
can be recognized by even the uninitiated. But where does the byte
come from? Has it always existed, or did it more recently come into
being? And, more specifically, why is a byte 8 bits? Is it some
holdover from long ago, or is there some iron clad rule of
8's?
Selected
Sources:
https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1977-02/page/n145/mode/1up?view=theater
- Buchholz
on the "byte" in BYTE!
https://sci-hub.se/10.1049/pi-3.1949.0018
- A STORAGE
SYSTEM FOR USE WITH BINARY-DIGITAL COMPUTING
MACHINES
https://ia600208.us.archive.org/32/items/firstdraftofrepo00vonn/firstdraftofrepo00vonn.pdf
- The
First Draft of a Report on EDVAC
