Nybble (Noun)
Meaning
A small byte.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The system stored each nybble of data in a designated location.
- Each character on the keyboard was encoded using 4-bit nybbles.
- Computers used a nybble to store individual hex characters in a lookup table.
- They began reading in data a nybble at a time from the hard drive.
- Microprocessors divided an 8-bit byte into two nybbles to make them more manageable.