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how much is 4 bytes?or what does it literally mean?

does this mean the space the digits take or anything else?

8th Jul 2017, 5:33 PM
Aatish
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Extending Karl's answer: A bit is one digit in binary. So 0 or 1. And example of a byte is: 01000010 (there are 8 bits in a byte)
8th Jul 2017, 5:41 PM
J.G.
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4 bytes you mean? 4 bytes data type are 4*8 = 32 bits long, meaning that they require 32 bits in memory for encoding.
8th Jul 2017, 5:38 PM
Karl T.
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@Aatish Yep.
8th Jul 2017, 7:41 PM
J.G.
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okay got it... it means 32 dgits (bits) in 4 bytes?
8th Jul 2017, 6:21 PM
Aatish
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