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Nibble vs. Nybble
Nibble
/ˈnɪbəl/Examples:
The cat continued to nibble on the corner of the cardboard.Alison likes to nibble on dark chocolate when stressed.Tiny fish began to nibble at the food in the pond.
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Nybble
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A nybble is half of a byte, representing 4 bits in binary.Nybble contains enough data to encode 16 unique values.In computing, a nybble is used for encoding single hex digits.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Remember that "nibble" relates to taking small bites of food; think of nibbling on a snack.
- "Nybble" is a term associated with computing, specifically referring to a group of four bits, which is half of a byte.
- Both words sound identical, but "nibble" is tied to eating, while "nybble" is tied to digital bits.
- A "nibble" of cheese is something you might eat, while a "nybble" of data is something a computer might process.
- The spelling difference lies in the first letter, which can help you differentiate their context — i for ingesting and y for bytes.
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