COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
MEMORY SYSTEMS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Numbers
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Text
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Bits/Bytes
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A collection of 8 bits is called a byte and (on the majority of computers today) a collection of 4 bytes, or 32 bits, is called a word. Each individual data value in a data set is usually stored using one or more bytes of memory, but at the lowest level, any data stored on a computer is just a large collection of bits.
Detailed explanation-2: -Computers store information using bits. A bit (short for “binary digit") stores either the value 0start text, 0, end text or 1start text, 1, end text.
Detailed explanation-3: -Data is represented on modern storage media using the binary numeral system. All data stored on storage media – whether that’s hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), external hard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards etc – can be converted to a string of bits, otherwise known as binary digits.