Editing Nibble (section)

== Low and high nibbles <span class="anchor" id="Low"></span><span class="anchor" id="High"></span> ==
The low and high nibbles of a byte are its two halves that are the less and the more significant bits within the byte, respectively. In a graphical representation of bits within a byte, the leftmost bit could represent the most significant bit ([[most significant bit|MSB]]), corresponding to ordinary decimal notation in which the digit at the left of a number is the most significant. In such an illustration, the four bits on the left end of the byte form the high nibble, and the remaining four bits form the low nibble.<ref name="Baccala_1997"/> For example,
: {{math|ninety-seven {{=}} 97<sub>10</sub> {{=}} (0110 0001)<sub>2</sub> {{=}} 61<sub>16</sub>}}
the high nibble is {{math|0110<sub>2</sub>}} ({{math|6<sub>16</sub>}}), and the low nibble is {{math|0001<sub>2</sub>}} ({{math|1<sub>16</sub>}}). The total value is {{math|high-nibble × 16<sub>10</sub> + low-nibble}} ({{math|6 × 16 + 1 {{=}} 97<sub>10</sub>}}).