OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS
COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS
Question
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Group of 8 bits is called?
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Recod
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Byte
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File
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures.
Detailed explanation-2: -Each 1 or 0 in a binary number is called a bit. From there, a group of 4 bits is called a nibble, and 8-bits makes a byte.
Detailed explanation-3: -byte, the basic unit of information in computer storage and processing. A byte consists of 8 adjacent binary digits (bits), each of which consists of a 0 or 1.
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