Matchbox 0.2

Storage Units

Matchbox uses the following names for common data sizes. These names describe fixed quantities of bits; they do not define additional Matchbox types.

Only byte, hword, and word are used by the current implementation. The remaining names are reserved terminology for documenting larger data sizes consistently as Matchbox grows.

Unit Bits Bytes Status
bit 1 0.125 Terminology only
nibble 4 0.5 Terminology only
byte 8 1 Current implementation terminology
hword 16 2 Current implementation terminology
word 32 4 Current implementation terminology
dword 64 8 Reserved terminology
qword 128 16 Reserved terminology
oword 256 32 Reserved terminology
yword 512 64 Reserved terminology
zword 1024 128 Reserved terminology