Replay: Sixteen bit sound recordings seem so last century. But don't dismiss them. 16 bits is more than enough for playback. It’s often said that 16 bit sound recordings aren’t enough to capture the ...

Everything in the digital world is measured in bits and bytes. Following are the common components in a computer that are measured in bits. See bit and binary values. The "word" size is the number of ...

Big thanks to the particular networked nature of the whole internet, it can sometimes be quite difficult to find out exactly where a particular meme would start. For most of the time, a certain meme ...

The 16-bit DACs are a de facto standard for high DC accuracy and precision domain conversion, but surprisingly few are fully 16-bit (0.0015%) precise. Even when described as “high precision,” some ...

The 16-bit generation is a sentimental favorite for a lot of us, especially those from my generation, and yet it's one of the strange ironies of video game history that a veritable tide of new ...

After I got my Dual Athlon rig, I booted up UT for the first time in a while... and it was AMAZING. The game play just was sooo smooth. Thought I know not a dual proc capable game, each of my new ...

If the early days of gaming were characterized by simplicity, then the 16 bit generation marked an era for developers to let loose with their creative talents, while still working within reasonable ...

Nathan is a lifelong gamer, harkening back to a misspent youth blasting Kirby Superstar and Super Mario All-Stars on his bedroom floor. Some of us are that old. This began a long-term love affair with ...

I'm not talking about a reduction in color from 24 bit to 16 (plus another channel, I know). I'm talking about 16 bit luminance values such that color setting that would take advantage of a monitor ...