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Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. computing An alternative spelling of nibble
  2. n. computing Half of a byte
  3. n. computing four bits

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a small byte

Etymologies

  1. Punningly from nibble, a small bite, with the i changed to y by analogy with byte, as if that word had been formed in the same way from bite (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “A Dublin based e-learning company called nybble picked up on my 2 year old post about cheating at Leaving Cert Maths (with mobile phones) - We are currently looking into adapting PointsBuilder so that it can be used on a mobile phone and allow students to revise for their Leaving Cert Maths exam while on the move.”

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  • “The first part of this script puts all 16 combinations of 4-bit nybbles (nybble = half a byte) and their equivalent binary formatted strings (0 = '0000', 14 = '1110') into a temp table called #Nybbles.”

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  • “So I registered my name (and granted, I did get nybble which actually did surprise me, so maybe there’s something to this whole thing) and dug in.”

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  • “Fill in the nickname of the person you’d like to check nybble (me!) for example – and it will show you the count from my most recent 30 300 likes.”

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  • sionnach four bits; half a byte Apr 15, 2008

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‘nybble’ has been looked up 449 times, added to 4 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 13.