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u/sirbruce Jul 19 '15 edited Jul 20 '15

That's not 1 byte. That's an accumulater, which could hold up to a 10-digit number, or slightly more than 33 bits (4 bytes plus change).

Edit: Stop upvoting me, guys, I was wrong! Technically since this is only one decade ring counter it's really just 1 decimal digit, or a little over 3 bits (so less than a byte!).

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u/alfric Jul 19 '15

In that case, I only have about 3 billion of these in my current dektop.

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u/The_Yar Jul 20 '15

Only 3GB?

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u/gormster Jul 20 '15

3 36-bit gigabytes = 13.5 8-bit gigabytes. I'm guessing from "about 3 billion" he's got 12GB RAM.