I think this belongs in the CPU/mobo forum, because I have a feeling that some piece of legacy hardware has to do with this.<br><br>What is the purpose of having bytes and bits? Wouldn't it be simpler ...

A byte is an ordered sequence of eight bits. The byte is the smallest addressable unit of memory in most architectures. Even if only a single bit is required, the memory system allocates at least one ...

The original ASCII character code, which provides 128 different characters, numbered 0 to 127. ASCII and 7-bit ASCII are synonymous. Since the 8-bit byte is the common storage element, ASCII leaves ...

This documentation provides an overview of several utility functions written in C for bit manipulation within bytes and strings. These functions are useful for low-level data manipulation where ...