what is bit in computer?
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Explanation:
a "bit" is atomic: the smallest unit of storage
A bit stores just a 0 or 1
"In the computer it's all 0's and 1's" ... bits
Anything with two separate states can store 1 bit
In a chip: electric charge = 0/1
In a hard drive: spots of North/South magnetism = 0/1
A bit is too small to be much use
Group 8 bits together to make 1
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- A bit is the most basic unit of information in computing.
- It is short for binary digit, which means that it can only have one of two values, 0 or 1.
- Large denominations of computer memory are composed of bits, moving up through bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, and terabytes.
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