On 5/22/23 15:04, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 12:16:09PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
On 5/22/23 03:32, Tim Woodall wrote:
On Mon, 22 May 2023, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
number; for (human) display it is subdivided into four 8 bit chunks
(called "octets" for obvious reasons), and those octets only can
go from 0 to 255 (since 2^8 == 255).
Nit, but 2^8 is 256.
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The octets count from base 0 Tim.
That's right, but then they go 0 .. 2^8 - 1. 2^8 is still 256, Tim does
have a point there :-)
I don't see it, 255 is all 8 bits set, 256 is all 8 bits cleared and
carry set.
Cheers
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