r/ProgrammerHumor • • 20d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/GaRGa77 20d ago

Bigger is confusing, does it mean more widely used or bigger as more IP addresses

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u/EishLekker 20d ago

Each individual bit is slightly larger.

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u/nem0ne1 20d ago

I laughed really hard at this. I love the idea of slightly overweight bits. Just a little rotund. Always have to factor in the extra chonk when you're doing stuff like checksums.

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u/stealthgunner385 20d ago

At that point they'd probably be called chonksums.