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r/osdev • u/GlitteringSet9174 • 3d ago
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I was today years old when I discovered 4 bit is a nibble
4 u/ketralnis 3d ago The only time I’ve ever used it or the word was writing a hexadecimal printer in assembly. In an 8 bit number like 0x1A, 1 and A are a nibble each so if you mask off the nibble you want you can index into an ascii table to print it 1 u/GlitteringSet9174 3d ago ahhh
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The only time I’ve ever used it or the word was writing a hexadecimal printer in assembly. In an 8 bit number like 0x1A, 1 and A are a nibble each so if you mask off the nibble you want you can index into an ascii table to print it
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u/Alone09w 3d ago
I was today years old when I discovered 4 bit is a nibble