William Anderson wrote on 3/6/01 4:33 pm >1 nibble = 4 bits >1 byte = 8 bits It's a rather bad joke on the part of the people who devised it - 1 nibble is half a byte. Cheers Martin _______________________________________________ email: martin at easyweb.co.uk PGP ID: 0xA835CCCB martin at members.evolt.org snailmail: 30 Shandon Place tel: +44 (0)778 068 6418 Edinburgh, url: http://www.easyweb.co.uk Scotland