INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS
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Question
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When 8 bits are grouped together as a unit, how many individual characters can these 8 bits represent?
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4
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100
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256
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8
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Eight bits, grouped together to form a single binary quantity, is known as a byte.
Detailed explanation-2: -With 8 bits, or 8 binary digits, there exist 2^8=256 possible combinations. The following table shows some of these combinations. (The number enclosed in parentheses represents the decimal equivalent.)
Detailed explanation-3: -A byte is a sequence of eight bits that are treated as a single unit. References to a computer’s memory and storage are always in terms of bytes.
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