"Andrew Ball" bravely wrote to "Wayne Chirnside" (12
Feb 05  23:14:46)
 --- on the heady topic of "Hardware MB question"

 WC> Called a "nibble" rather than a byte.

 AB> Nybble iirc.

It isn't spelled with a Y. Otherwise we would have to pronounce it
like the Y in WHY. In the 8086 Book page 4-27, fig. 4-22 "ASCII
Multiplication" the reader is instructed to ";CLEAR UPPER NIBBLE".

 Mike

... Groucho Marx: "Why, that's the most ridiculous thing I ever hoid"
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