What are Bit and Byte?

A bit is the smallest piece of information that a computer can process and a byte is a group of eight bits operating together as a single unit. The word bit comes from 'binary digit'. A bit can only have two values, zero or one. Every character keyboard can be represented by a group of eight bits, a byte. For example, the letter A is represented by 01000001 and the number 8 by 00111000. Every character typed on a computer, or sent to another device, such as a printer is represented in this way.

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