From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22676 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2022 18:45:26 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 9 Sep 2022 18:45:26 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E451422C6; Sat, 10 Sep 2022 04:45:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qt1-f177.google.com (mail-qt1-f177.google.com [209.85.160.177]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F122422C5 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2022 04:45:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qt1-f177.google.com with SMTP id y2so1990089qtv.5 for ; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:45:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=iitbombay-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=to:references:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:cc:date :in-reply-to:from:subject:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=3QszjQM0mmGDA96xX/9ivkPPgfkGSsZZgpQzMRI3yEQ=; b=xAZMLjKN8vWWo9sS6zeMTtA/4fJmePLWiWhaxp7ZbSGpMww9P0c5FO7nPucrFM9b0/ bKmppb2v78mweIbqsYdGmojkDMFAZz5BImPc7m+8Fnl6csSQgujIM8FONHqH8xjneUVZ e8J77hm+NybiPrybexISuoPmcvXzdNw/yX28y2A1uBSYjpx1CvCJT1OuETQOSHb5qilz AcW6v/7zx1x7VGb5PHVeYwc1RGYWhE0Na0sypPpuPzhC/B/c0w3FeXSx2wAqEa5kzS9S ZybjdcuP0IqSsMDrcjtY6LftSyc6xZixnd3ET7FeRkIxReWjmrTfvPppO7t8duEJMc0f mKEQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:references:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:cc:date :in-reply-to:from:subject:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date; bh=3QszjQM0mmGDA96xX/9ivkPPgfkGSsZZgpQzMRI3yEQ=; b=qcCDHhpPHDlZ3NC+ExsYQuHN6OsdRyTcGb2GtmsSaS6HnLqGhblTUvGD2XQwp2/Gcj xfvrsCicAWypKTAkv9ToWesuVmZs65oVZ9nA0/XuZD9Sm42fvqjSWr/JDCtuGPKTtRxM y83FCJCZhLmuxj04MyOgNocc0Fhqi8f7uaMX2e/olHAITNuiYLfmpFZl7NjO+GonPfk+ 8kXgCIbhfMsazY/Veq5vUlqdQ6eFqydxIucerHHSAyFAMo9fRz7xhfFEs7tMtkSfhgez vPfj8iw3vJ3CQNaj51h9CN+32twNDROiJ1cllatluKubkSjPxDIz3NSOoag1NevZ2Dy1 yLyQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo3Hv7RXBTW2VROzEPuF6wlgVv1gkiyghlxZrYKyp+td1q0F+RK3 oSAPKSJxdE1ZymXW/a6ga4VC9BxPXnznyw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR4h2JJpIeDlx2UWNwdAMtgbE7Zw90RLU/NDOkdLURkKIc8X+1mN4kPe7OmicU7f7XX6PjZxOQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:138e:b0:343:7e0f:f9cf with SMTP id o14-20020a05622a138e00b003437e0ff9cfmr13902203qtk.314.1662749051737; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:44:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpclient.apple (107-215-223-229.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [107.215.223.229]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p22-20020ac84096000000b00342fb07944fsm984707qtl.82.2022.09.09.11.44.10 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:44:11 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3696.120.41.1.1\)) From: Bakul Shah In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 11:44:10 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20220908211635.4533B18C077@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <833155.3451.1662665281061.JavaMail.root@zimbraanteil> <61096d8f-ce80-2ba5-ffdf-8ad5f802ab02@halwitz.org> <20220909000016.GC94367@eureka.lemis.com> To: Paul Winalski X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3696.120.41.1.1) Message-ID-Hash: CVHFLAKCDAZHLC4WFLI54FDF2V2EKBMW X-Message-ID-Hash: CVHFLAKCDAZHLC4WFLI54FDF2V2EKBMW X-MailFrom: bakul@iitbombay.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Does anybody know the etymology of the term "word" as in collection of bits? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Sep 9, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Paul Winalski = wrote: >=20 > Have there been other commercially sold computers without a fixed word = length? Burroughs B1700? It was a bit addressable machine.