Bits and Bytes
Learn about the basics of computer storage, from bits to bytes and beyond.
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What is a bit?
We have referred to each digit of a binary number as a bit, and classified the numbers as -bit, -bit and so on.
But a bit is also the most basic unit of storage in a computer. As we saw, a bit can only hold a value of or , and thus in almost all cases we would need groups of bits to represent any useful information.
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