nybble
nibble
A four-bit aggregation of digital information, playfully named because it is half the de facto size of a byte. Sometimes spelled as "nybble" to reflect the spelling of "byte." The compression system packs an item of information into one nibble of a byte while the other nibble is set as a destination flag. I've written a script that cycles through and replaces corrupted nybbles.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
nibble
1. n. a cautious or preliminary response to something. (see also nybble.) My advertisement got three nibbles this morning.
2. in. to reply cautiously or tentatively to something. I hope someone who wants to buy my car nibbles at the description I posted on the Internet.
nybble
(ˈnɪblæ) n. four bits of computer memory. (Literally, one half of a bite, i.e., a byte.) My program wouldn’t work just because I had one silly little nybble wrong!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- nibble
- nibble (away) at (something)
- nibble (away) on (something)
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