FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many bits in a byte?
A
2
B
4
C
6
D
8
E
10
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On almost all modern computers, a byte is equal to 8 bits. Large amounts of memory are indicated in terms of kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes.

Detailed explanation-2: -A byte is eight bits, a word is 2 bytes (16 bits), a doubleword is 4 bytes (32 bits), and a quadword is 8 bytes (64 bits).

Detailed explanation-3: -A four-bit quantity is often called a nibble, also nybble, which is conveniently represented by a single hexadecimal digit. The term octet is used to unambiguously specify a size of eight bits. It is used extensively in protocol definitions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since one byte is made up of eight bits, this difference can be significant.

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