Что (кто) такое nibble - определение

GROUP OF FOUR BITS; UNIT OF INFORMATION

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nibble

v. (D; intr.) to nibble at

nibble

(nibbles, nibbling, nibbled)

If you nibble food, you eat it by biting very small pieces of it, for example because you are not very hungry.

He started to nibble his biscuit...

She nibbled at the corner of a piece of dry toast.

VERB: V n, V at/on n, also V

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Nibble is also a noun.

We each took a nibble.

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If you nibble something, you bite it very gently.

John found he was kissing and nibbling her ear...

Daniel Winter nibbled on his pen.

VERB: V n, V on/at n

When an animal nibbles something, it takes small bites of it quickly and repeatedly.

A herd of goats was nibbling the turf around the base of the tower...

The birds cling to the wall and nibble at the brickwork.

VERB: V n, V at/on n, also V

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Nibble away means the same as nibble
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The rabbits nibbled away on the herbaceous plants.

PHRASAL VERB: V P on/at n

If one thing nibbles at another, it gradually affects, harms, or destroys it.

...how best to compete with the overseas nations nibbling at our traditional markets...

VERB: V at n

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Nibble away means the same as nibble
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Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.

PHRASAL VERB: V P at n

Nibbles are small snacks such as biscuits, crisps, and nuts that are often offered to you at parties. (mainly BRIT)

...crisps, nuts, and other nibbles.

N-COUNT: usu pl

nibble

<data> /nib'l/ (US "nybble", by analogy with "bite" -> "byte") Half a byte. Since a byte is nearly always eight bits, a nibble is nearly always four bits (and can therefore be represented by one hex digit). Other size nibbles have existed, for example the {BBC Microcomputer} disk file system used eleven bit sector numbers which were described as one byte (eight bits) and a nibble (three bits). Compare crumb, tayste, dynner; see also bit, nickle, deckle. The spelling "nybble" is uncommon in Commonwealth Hackish as British orthography suggests the pronunciation /ni:'bl/. (1997-12-03)

Википедия

Nibble

In computing, a nibble (occasionally nybble, nyble, or nybl to match the spelling of byte) is a four-bit aggregation, or half an octet. It is also known as half-byte or tetrade. In a networking or telecommunication context, the nibble is often called a semi-octet, quadbit, or quartet. A nibble has sixteen (2⁴) possible values. A nibble can be represented by a single hexadecimal digit (0–F) and called a hex digit.

A full byte (octet) is represented by two hexadecimal digits (00–FF); therefore, it is common to display a byte of information as two nibbles. Sometimes the set of all 256-byte values is represented as a 16×16 table, which gives easily readable hexadecimal codes for each value.

Four-bit computer architectures use groups of four bits as their fundamental unit. Such architectures were used in early microprocessors, pocket calculators and pocket computers. They continue to be used in some microcontrollers. In this context, 4-bit groups were sometimes also called characters rather than nibbles.

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