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What is the name of the 25 cent coin?
a quarter? or two bits?
When were two bits invented?
The reason the US quarter dollar (25 cents) is called "two bits" originates from the circa. 1598 practice of dividing a Spanish dollar (the Real de a Ocho) into eight wedge-shaped segments. The coin was worth eight Spanish reales, thus each wedge was worth 1 reale or "a piece of eight". Two such pieces (or "two bits") became a common nickname for a quarter dollar.
What is a group of 16 bits called?
a group of 16 bits is called a "word"
Why is the American quarter money called 2 bits?
The term "two bits" for a quarter originates from the Spanish dollar, or "pieces of eight," which was widely used in colonial America. The dollar was subdivided into eight "bits," so a quarter of a dollar was referred to as "two bits." This colloquialism persisted even after the U.S. established its own currency system, and it remains a part of American vernacular today.
What is the four binary bits called?
its called a Nibble
What is another name for the coin you call a quarter?
It used to be called "two bits".
What is the name of the 25 cent coin?
a quarter? or two bits?
What is two bits called?
Quarter.
What is the collection of two bits called?
byte
What are the two sides of a coin usually called?
The two sides of a coin are called head and tail.
How many germs are on a coin?
There are about 40,00 bits of bacteria on a coin and germs
What is the value of one penny coin pre 1800?
The value of any coin is determined by a number of necessary bits of information. One of those bits is the exact date of the coin.
When were two bits invented?
The reason the US quarter dollar (25 cents) is called "two bits" originates from the circa. 1598 practice of dividing a Spanish dollar (the Real de a Ocho) into eight wedge-shaped segments. The coin was worth eight Spanish reales, thus each wedge was worth 1 reale or "a piece of eight". Two such pieces (or "two bits") became a common nickname for a quarter dollar.
What coin was used for a bit in western days?
I believe that would be a one dollar coin, cut into 8 equal pieces, two-bits equaled 25 cents.
Is 8 bits are called giga bits?
No. 8 bits is called a byte.
What does two bits mean from the 1920?
Two bits is the same as one quarter. It comes from the Spanish 'real' which was called a 'bit'. A 'bit' was worth an eighth of a Spanish dollar.
Yo ho ho What coin was known as the piece of eight and could be broken into quarter chunks known as two bits?
Spanish dollar
