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by laumars 2717 days ago
I’ve been programming for nearly 30 years and today I just learned that “bits” was derived from BInary digiTS.

That’s an amazing video. Thank you for posting it.
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MrEldritch 2717 days ago
Also, "pixels" is from "PICture ELements"
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kevin_thibedeau 2717 days ago
"pels" was an early designation.
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userbinator 2717 days ago
It's still used among video codec discussions, especially with the MPEG group.
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