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Whats is a difference between byte and bit ?

The only thing I know till now is 1 byte = 8 bits. But I dont understand from where and how this relation is comming.

24th Jan 2021, 10:14 AM
Arnab Brahma
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Hey Arnab Brahma Bit--> > 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 > Group 8 bits together to make 1 byte > Everything in a computer is 0's and 1's. The bit stores just a 0 or 1: > it's the smallest building block of storage. Byte--> >One byte = collection of 8 bits e.g. 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 >One byte can store one character, e.g. 'A' or 'x' or '
#x27; Hope you will understand this!!! HAPPY CODING !!!
24th Jan 2021, 2:24 PM
Giriraj Yalpalwar
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It comes from definition/ convention and hasn't always been 8 bits. For more information please search in web, i.e. google it
24th Jan 2021, 10:39 AM
Benjamin Jürgens
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They're just names for data chunks. a bit is that 0 or 1, that on or off pulse. a byte is 8 of them
24th Jan 2021, 10:40 AM
Slick
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0 - bit 1 - bit 00001111 - byte
24th Jan 2021, 10:52 AM
Shadoff
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