8-bit

English thumb|The Commodore 64, a popular 8-bit home computer of the 1980s. Pronunciation en /ˌeɪtˈbɪt/ en ɪt 2 Adjective - 8-bit en computingen computing Of a word size or an integer, represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte). en 2007 Nick Collins; Julio d'Escriván The Cambridge companion to electronic music 189 I started creating 8-bit music around 2002 when I picked up nanoloop en arten computer graphics music Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era. en 2008-01-01 Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design Karen Collins MIT Press 026203378X Typically far more complex than the songs of the 8-bit games, songs in Amiga games had a highly varied structure, but usually followed the same basic principles seen in the 8-bit games (shorter loops with fewer distinct sections for battle music, and longer loops with more distinct sections for in-game music). en 2008-11-12 Retro Reflexivity: La-Mulana Brett Camper The Video Game Theory Reader 2 Bernard Perron; Mark J.P. Wolf Routledge 0203887662 Much of La-Mulana's 8-bit aesthetic is tied to its self-imposed graphical limitations. To start, the native resolution of 256 × 192 pixels is (as we would expect) much less than that of contemporary standards en computer graphics music by extension proscribed Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era and subsequent eras. Translations represented using 8 bits Armenian: hy 8-բիթանի Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 8位元 bā wèiyuán Czech: cs osmibitový Finnish: fi 8-bittinen, fi kahdeksanbittinen; fi kasibittinen colloquial Hungarian: hu 8 bites Japanese: ja 8ビット hachi bitto Korean: ko 8비트 palbiteu Persian: fa ۸-بیت 8-bit, fa 8-بیت 8-bit Polish: pl ośmiobitowy m, pl bitowy m 8-bitowy Romanian: ro de 8-biți Russian: ru восьмиби́тный m Turkish: tr 8-bitlik Noun en computing A computer that processes data in groups of 8 bits binary digits. en The BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum are well-known British 8-bits. See also en 7-bit en compound adjectives en Eight Video games