COMPUTER NETWORKING

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: -1 byte is equal to 8 bits. Digital information is stored in units called bytes, with eight bits each. The byte is the tiniest unit of memory which is addressable in different computer systems as it was historically the number of bits needed to encode a single text character in a computer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since one byte is made up of eight bits, this difference can be significant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two factors were important: Having units which are powers of two (2, 4, 8, 16, 32 etc.) is more convenient when designing digital systems. 8-bit is enough to store a single character in the ASCII character set (with room to spare for extending the character set to support say Cyrillic).