“8-bit clean” to “64-bit transfer”
- 8-bit clean
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(adj.) Characteristic of a platform or operating system that can support a common method of representing characters in the various European languages. The term specifically applies to 8-bit character sets such as ISO Latin 1, as opposed to the 7-bit ASCII character set that is used in the U.S. SunOSTM commands that support 8-bit character data or that do not process text are said to be “8-bit clean.” See also internationalization.
- 8-bit dirty
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(adj.) Characteristic of system commands that interpret ASCII control characters in an unexpected way. See 8-bit clean.
- 24-bit color
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(n.) See true color.
- 32-bit transfer
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(n.) The basic SBus cycle in which 32 bits of data can be transferred in each clock cycle.
- 64-bit transfer
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(n.) See extended transfer.
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