MAJOR Logs

65536 — the size of one port space: TCP has 65536 ports (0–65535) and UDP has its own separate 65536, because the port field in each header is 16 bits. More generally, the range of a 16-bit unsigned integer. Chunk 65536 → 65 · 53 · 6 → shell · lamb · shoe: a lamb and a shoe tuck...

Quiz: MAJOR / Powers of 2 | updated: Sep 14, 2026

fan — /f/ = 8, /n/ = 2. Picture a folding fan snapping open; the a is a free vowel.

Quiz: MAJOR / Double-Digit Pegs (00–99) | updated: Aug 24, 2026

bus — /b/ = 9, /s/ = 0. Picture a big red bus pulling up to the curb.

Quiz: MAJOR / Double-Digit Pegs (00–99) | updated: Aug 24, 2026

beef — /b/ = 9, /f/ = 8. Picture a thick slab of beef.

Quiz: MAJOR / Double-Digit Pegs (00–99) | updated: Aug 24, 2026

tie — the one coded sound is /t/ = 1. The vowels are free, leaving /t/ = 1. Picture a single silk tie hanging straight down like the digit 1.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 24, 2026

bee — the one coded sound is /b/ = 9. The vowels are free, leaving /b/ = 9. Picture a buzzing bee — a 9 mirrors a P/b.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 24, 2026

92. bean — the double-digit peg.

Quiz: MAJOR / Double-Digit Pegs — Reverse (word → number) | updated: Aug 24, 2026

8192 — 8 KiB. Chunk 8192 → 81 · 92 → vet · bean: a giant bean being examined by a VET. 8192 = 8 × 1024, a common buffer size.

Quiz: MAJOR / Powers of 2 | updated: Aug 24, 2026

foam — /f/ = 8, /m/ = 3. Picture a mug topped with white foam.

Quiz: MAJOR / Double-Digit Pegs (00–99) | updated: Aug 24, 2026

bat — /b/ = 9, /t/ = 1. Picture a wooden baseball bat.

Quiz: MAJOR / Double-Digit Pegs (00–99) | updated: Aug 24, 2026