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Binary
Binary or base 2 is the number system used natively by computers. It uses only the digits 0 and 1. It is useful in ROM hacking especially when a value actually consists of multiple values, which do not take a multiple of eight bits each. For example, the SNES color format consists of fives bits for each of the red, green, and blue color components in a word.
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Terminology
Bit
Each digit in a binary number is referred to as a bit.
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Nybble
A nybble or nibble is a group of four bits. Most computers cannot read or write single nybbles, but they are notable since every hexadecimal digit represents exactly one nybble.
Byte
A byte is a group of eight bits. This is the smallest grouping which most computers can work with directly. Some formats may involve smaller divisions like the SNES color format mentioned above, but special code must be used to deal with this.
More non-ROM hacking specific information can be found at Wikipedia's byte article.
Word
A word is two bytes or sixteen bits. The order of these bytes depends on the endianness of the machine. From this term, come the terms double word for four bytes and quadruple word for eight bytes.
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