On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Tim Howe wrote:
> > leaves a 2-bit
> > nibble to use for error correction.
> I thought a nibble was 4 bits...

That's why he qualified it by calling it a 2-bit nibble (a kinder term for
which IMO would be differently word-lengthed nybble {or just nybble |
nibbyl | nybbyl | nybel | nyble | nibyl | nybyl | nibbil | nybbil}).

-Chrys
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