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[โ€“] rarbg@lemmy.zip 58 points 1 day ago (4 children)

A previous version of this article said it was "not clear why WhatsApp settled on the oddly specific number." A number of readers have since noted that 256 is one of the most important numbers in computing, since it refers to the number of variations that can be represented by eight switches that have two positions - eight bits, or a byte.

Lol, weird way to say that 256 is a power of two, and computers operate in base two.

[โ€“] Outbound7404@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

Their definition is a lot better.

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