Byte explicitly denotes a sequence of eight bits, eliminating the ambiguity of the byte. The term "byte" was coined by Werner Buchholz in June 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer, which had addressing to the bit and variable field length (VFL) instructions with a byte size encoded in the instruction. It is a deliberate respelling of "bite" to avoid accidental mutation to "bit". Another origin of "byte" for bit groups smaller than a machine's word size (and in particular groups of four bits) is on record by Louis G. Dooley, who claimed he coined the term
Stochastic computing computing paradigm. Further information can be found in the referenced book by Mars and Poppelbaum. "Bundle Processing" involves sending a fixed number of bits instead of a stream. One of the advantages of this approach is that the precision is improved. To see why, suppose we transmit formula_26 bits. In regular stochastic computing, we can represent a precision of roughly formula_27 different values, because of the variance of the estimate. In bundle processing, we can represent a precision of formula_28. However, bundle processing retains the same robustness to error of regular stochastic processing. "Ergodic Processing" involves sending a stream of