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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>quarter</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Q.html" title="Q"/><link rel="previous" href="quantum-bogodynamics.html" title="quantum bogodynamics"/><link rel="next" href="ques.html" title="ques"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">quarter</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="quantum-bogodynamics.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Q</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ques.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="quarter"/><dt xmlns="" id="quarter"><b>quarter</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Two bits. This in turn comes from the ‘pieces of eight’
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famed in pirate movies — Spanish silver crowns that could be broken
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into eight pie-slice-shaped ‘bits’ to make change. Early in
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American history the Spanish coin was considered equal to a dollar, so each
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of these ‘bits’ was considered worth 12.5 cents. Syn.
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<a href="../T/tayste.html"><i class="glossterm">tayste</i></a>, <a href="../C/crumb.html"><i class="glossterm">crumb</i></a>,
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<a href="quad.html"><i class="glossterm">quad</i></a>. Usage: rare. General discussion of such
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