BITS AND BYTES

The term Bit is a acronym for Binary Digit. The bit is the smallest piece of information that the computer can work with. The values 0 and 1 are called Bits. Bits are grouped together to from a larger chunk of information called as Byte. A byte consists of eight bits that the Computer stores and processes as a single Entry. A Byte represents one character o Data. The Computer can store individual bytes in its memory and later retrieve them

1 Byte

8 Bits

1 Kilobyte

1024 Bytes

1 Megabyte

1024 Kilobytes

1 Gigabyte

1024 Megabytes

1 Terabyte

1024 Gegabytes

Souce: Course on Computer Concepts CCC