Question

What are bits and bytes ?

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Answer 1

Answer:

A byte is much bigger — eight times bigger, to be exact, with eight bits in every byte.

Explanation:

Bit :-

1. a "bit" is atomic: the smallest unit of storage

2. A bit stores just a 0 or 1

3. "In the computer it's all 0's and 1's" ... bits

4. Anything with two separate states can store 1 bit

5. In a chip: electric charge = 0/1

6. In a hard drive: spots of North/South magnetism = 0/1

7. A bit is too small to be much use

8. Group 8 bits together to make 1 byte

Byte :-

1. One byte = collection of 8 bits

e.g. 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0

2. One byte can store one character, e.g. 'A' or 'x' or '$'

3. "Byte" - unit of information storage

4. A document, an image, a movie .. how many bytes?

5. 1 byte is enough to hold about 1 typed character, e.g. 'b' or 'X' or '$'

6. All storage is measured in bytes, despite being very different hardware

7. Kilobyte, KB, about 1 thousand bytes

8. Megabyte, MB, about 1 million bytes

9. Gigabyte, GB, about 1 billion bytes

10. Terabyte, TB, about 1 trillion bytes (rare)