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About these units

Byte (B)

A byte consists of 8 bits, forming the standard grouping used in computing for representing characters, numbers, and machine instructions. This 8-bit size became dominant due to hardware design choices in early microprocessors, especially the IBM System/360 architecture. Bytes allow computers to represent values from 0 to 255, enabling ASCII encoding, color values, file metadata, and vast amounts of structured data. The byte is the basis for nearly all storage units—kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes—and remains the fundamental digital "counting unit" for memory, disk space, and network transfers.

Quadruple-Word (quad-word)

A quadruple word (quad-word) is a grouping of four standard words. On a 64-bit system, this equals 256 bits, forming the basis of advanced operations such as wide integer arithmetic, extended SIMD instructions, cryptographic keys, and high-precision floating-point values. Modern CPUs support quad-word operations through SIMD extensions like AVX and AVX-512, allowing parallel processing of large blocks of data in scientific computing, video encoding, machine learning, and physics simulations. Quad-words illustrate how data grouping evolves with hardware capability: as processors grow more powerful, software increasingly relies on larger and more complex data units.

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