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Report on Nerdy Computer Joke - for Dummies.

By Cert.

It has been suggested that the above joke is worthy of a report - so I have investigated the humourous aspects thoroughly, and would like to humbly submit the following report to my peers, especially those with limited knowledge of computers or computing terms - or anyone else with kidney problems.

It transpires that a "Byte" cannot possibly walk into a bar, since a byte is a representation of intangible data, which itself is not readable by the average computer user. Not to stray too far off-topic, and to accept that in a joke, a byte may indeed walk into a bar - as may other improbable entities, it is useful to the uninitiated to understand what a byte is in order to fully comprehend the humourous aspects of the joke posted above.

First, though, it's necessary to understand the reply of the byte to the bartender's assessment of its well-being. We can look no further than the giant of the computing world, the company Microsoft - source of the well-known joke that runs as follows;

Bill Gates heard about Hugh Grant's encounters with the famed lady of purchasable virtues, Divine. He therefore made an appointment with her that he might sample her services. Once business had concluded, he stated his appreciation thus;

"That was wonderful - I can see why you're called Divine".

To which the renowned good time girl replied;

"And I can see why you called your company Micro Soft..."

Mr Gates' wonderful company provides this clear and precise explanation of the term "parity";

The quality of sameness or equivalence, in the case of computers usually referring to an error-checking procedure in which the number of ones must always be the same — either even or odd — for each group of bits transmitted without error. If parity is checked on a per-character basis, the method is called vertical redundancy checking, or VRC; if its checked on a block-by-block basis, the method is called longitudinal redundancy checking, or LRC. In typical modem-to-modem communications, parity is one of the parameters that must be agreed upon by sending and receiving parties before transmission can take place. See also fault tolerance; stripe set; stripe sets with parity.

This also helpfully explains where the pun on the word "bit" was extruded - but does not fully explain the relevance to the byte. Fortunately, that is simple to explain; a byte comprises 8 bits.

Interestingly, but not at all relevant to this discussion, 4 bits are known as a nibble. It can be surmised that further humour can derived from these terms - but that discussion is outside the scope of this report, and, one might suggest, abuses the terms of reference.

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Interpolate or interpollinate ?