In Technology
- A byte is eight bits
- Many (mostly historic) computer architectures are eight-bit, among them the Nintendo Entertainment System
- Standard-8 and Super-8 are 8 mm film formats
- Video8, Hi8 and Digital8 are related 8 mm video formats
- On most phones, the 8 key is associated with the letters T, U, and V, but on the BlackBerry it is the key for B, N, and X.
- An eight may refer to an eight-cylinder engine or automobile. A V8 engine is an internal combustion engine with eight cylinders configured in two banks (rows) of four forming a "V" when seen from the end.
- A figure eight is a type of knot frequently used by climbers.
- The number eight written in parenthesis is the code for the musical note in the popular instant Messenger, Windows Live Messenger
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Famous quotes containing the word technology:
“The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius. The resulting performance, though less inspiring, is far more predictable.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)
“Our technology forces us to live mythically, but we continue to think fragmentarily, and on single, separate planes.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)