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What is exactly is a bit or byte?

27th Mar 2017, 6:30 PM
Martin Möhle
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Seriously? Bit is the smallest information unit, containing either a zero or a one. 8 bit = 1 byte.
27th Mar 2017, 7:18 PM
Tashi N
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Bit - binary digit 0 or 1 nibble 4 bits 0011 1 byte = 8 bits 0011 1000 word - 32 bits or 64 bits depending on your computer Dword 2 words Quad 4 words etc.
27th Mar 2017, 11:52 PM
Logan New
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bit and byte are units like kilogram or millemeter but they are information units! bit is the smallest unit and byte = 8 * bit kilobyte = 1024 byte .. and so on
14th Jul 2017, 3:48 PM
Mohammed Gamal
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