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| − | A bit is short for binary digit and can either be called a nit or a nat. A byte is composed of 8 consecutive bits. A bit takes the value of 0 or 1 and is the smallest unit of measurement in the computer. Binary digits/bits are a basic unit of information storage and communication in digital computing and digital information theory. A computer is sometimes classified by the amount of bits or bytes it can hold. | + | A bit is short for a binary digit and can either be called a nit or a nat. A "byte" is composed of 8 consecutive bits, and a "word" is composed of 16 bits. A bit takes the value of 0 or 1 and is the smallest unit of measurement in the computer. Binary digits/bits are a basic unit of information storage and communication in digital computing and digital information theory. A computer is sometimes classified by the amount of bits or bytes it can hold, usually in megabytes or gigabytes, and in some cases, terabytes. |
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Latest revision as of 17:33, 27 August 2011
Helene Snyder January 2009 Computer 7-6
Bit
A bit is short for a binary digit and can either be called a nit or a nat. A "byte" is composed of 8 consecutive bits, and a "word" is composed of 16 bits. A bit takes the value of 0 or 1 and is the smallest unit of measurement in the computer. Binary digits/bits are a basic unit of information storage and communication in digital computing and digital information theory. A computer is sometimes classified by the amount of bits or bytes it can hold, usually in megabytes or gigabytes, and in some cases, terabytes.
This was edited by Alvin Lubetkin. I had nothing to change. class of 2016
