->  -> But, the real question is which one came first?
->  -> I suspect that it was 'byte'.

->  WC> IIRC the first microprocessor was a 4 bit data bus unit,
->  WC> soon to be followed by the 8 bit data bus.

-> Intel's 4004 & 8008.  But "byte" came into the IT lexicon in
-> 1964 with IBM's introduction of 32-bit System-360, to replace
-> the 36-bit 709X series.

So I'm right with regard to micros but wrong with regards 
to "big iron."
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