← Back to context Comment by cyberax 6 hours ago But think of ternary computers! 8 comments cyberax Reply dathinab 6 hours ago Doesn't matter ternary computers just have ternary bits, 8 of them ;) mathgenius 6 hours ago Ternary computers have 8 tits to a byte. tbrownaw 5 hours ago Should be either 9 or 27 I'd think. 2 replies → AStonesThrow 6 hours ago Supposedly, "bit" is short for "binary digit", so we'd need a separate term for "ternary digit", but I don't wanna go there. epcoa 5 hours ago The prefix is tri-, not ti- so I don’t think there was any concern of going anywhere.It’s tricycle and tripod, not ticycle. bryanlarsen 5 hours ago The standard term is "trit" because they didn't want to go there.
dathinab 6 hours ago Doesn't matter ternary computers just have ternary bits, 8 of them ;) mathgenius 6 hours ago Ternary computers have 8 tits to a byte. tbrownaw 5 hours ago Should be either 9 or 27 I'd think. 2 replies → AStonesThrow 6 hours ago Supposedly, "bit" is short for "binary digit", so we'd need a separate term for "ternary digit", but I don't wanna go there. epcoa 5 hours ago The prefix is tri-, not ti- so I don’t think there was any concern of going anywhere.It’s tricycle and tripod, not ticycle. bryanlarsen 5 hours ago The standard term is "trit" because they didn't want to go there.
mathgenius 6 hours ago Ternary computers have 8 tits to a byte. tbrownaw 5 hours ago Should be either 9 or 27 I'd think. 2 replies →
AStonesThrow 6 hours ago Supposedly, "bit" is short for "binary digit", so we'd need a separate term for "ternary digit", but I don't wanna go there. epcoa 5 hours ago The prefix is tri-, not ti- so I don’t think there was any concern of going anywhere.It’s tricycle and tripod, not ticycle. bryanlarsen 5 hours ago The standard term is "trit" because they didn't want to go there.
epcoa 5 hours ago The prefix is tri-, not ti- so I don’t think there was any concern of going anywhere.It’s tricycle and tripod, not ticycle.
Doesn't matter ternary computers just have ternary bits, 8 of them ;)
Ternary computers have 8 tits to a byte.
Should be either 9 or 27 I'd think.
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Supposedly, "bit" is short for "binary digit", so we'd need a separate term for "ternary digit", but I don't wanna go there.
The prefix is tri-, not ti- so I don’t think there was any concern of going anywhere.
It’s tricycle and tripod, not ticycle.
The standard term is "trit" because they didn't want to go there.