COMPUTER HARDWARE
COMPUTER MEMORY
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Question
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A group of 8 bits is called a
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bit
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byte
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Gigabyte
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Megabyte
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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: -Byte. One byte = collection of 8 bits.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. Bytes are a pretty common buzzword when working in binary. Processors are all built to work with a set length of bits, which is usually this length is a multiple of a byte: 8, 16, 32, 64, etc.
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