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		AStonesThrow on Oct 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C++ proposal: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte Supposedly, "bit" is short for "binary digit", so we'd need a separate term for "ternary digit", but I don't wanna go there.

epcoa on Oct 18, 2024 | [–]

The prefix is tri-, not ti- so I don’t think there was any concern of going anywhere.

It’s tricycle and tripod, not ticycle.

bryanlarsen on Oct 18, 2024 | [–]

The standard term is "trit" because they didn't want to go there.

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