COMPUTER NETWORKING

MULTIMEDIA AND QUALITY OF SERVICE

COMPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A group of 8 bits is known as a gigabyte.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The given statement says that a group of eight bits is called a gigabyte. This statement is clearly false. The reason behind this is that a group of eight bits is called a byte and not a gigabyte.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is 8 bits. A 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.

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