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What
is a...
byte
...?
Definition:
A byte is a group of 8 bits, strung together.
Explanation:
A bit is either a 1 or a 0. Each byte (8 bits)
means something to the computer. The byte "01000001" means the capital letter A.
The byte "01000010" means the capital letter B.
Sentence:
"The phrase 'Hello World' is 11 bytes long."
Notes: A byte is a unit of information. Most data in computers is organized and
measured in bytes (although the data in a byte is actually stored as eight
on/off signals called bits). One byte can represent a character (such as A, 9,
?, or a space), or a value from 0 to 255. Graphics are stored as values for
colors and locations of pixels, and they use a lot more bits and bytes than text
or numbers.
Your hard drive and memory are measured by how many bytes they can store. For
instance, a hard drive might store 100,000,000,000 bytes of data - which would
make it a 100-gigabyte hard drive.
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