Bit Bucket  From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Revision as of 21:42, March 24, 2012 by Tasmania (talk |
contribs)  Jump to: navigation, search Bloink1 solid For those
without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia think
they have an article about Bit Bucket.  Every computer has a Bit
Bucket where all the unwanted and naughty bits go.  edit Idiot's
guide  In a computer, all data is represented by bits. Each bit
is a 1 or 0 and can represent, say Yes or No, True or Untrue,
North or South, Mustard or Relish, etc. Several bits are put
together to represent numbers. Eight 8 bits together are called
a byte (i.e. Mustard Relish Relish Mustard Mustard Mustard
Relish Mustard); four bits a nibblet (Relish Mustard Relish
Mustard); 16 bits are called a mouthful. At least that's what my
girlfriend says. (Note: in Europe, we use centimetres, not
inches, so this may not be too impressive.)  edit Basics  When
you delete something (file, character, word, the main disk,
etc.) it gets chucked into the