2007-03-12 00:37:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
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2007-03-12 02:08:01 · answer #1 · answered by carlgundel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 byte = 8 bits
2007-03-12 07:45:48 · answer #2 · answered by blgsyr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had to write an article referring to a chunk of 8 bits 50 or 60 times, which would you prefer to write? "Byte" or "Chunk of 8 bits"?
The word itself actually derives from the word "bite", as in the smallest chunk of data a computer can "bite" on. It was changed to "byte" with a "y" because otherwise it would be too easy to mistake it for the word "bit".
2007-03-12 07:51:29 · answer #3 · answered by Groucho Returns 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1000 gms = 1 Kg
furlongs is converted to meters and feets finally ends in Kilometers. Its is the short form even to converse and calculate.
10mm = 1 cm
similarly,
8 bits = 1 byte
2007-03-12 07:50:40 · answer #4 · answered by Raki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can u tell why a bouquet is not called a bouquet and not say a bunch of flowers .
similarly,there is a term given to a chunk of 8 bits which is byte
2007-03-12 07:42:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
they started from hexadecimal
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each digit had 4 bits and 16 possibilities
0123456789ABCDEF
2 of those made a byte
they had to call it something
bits nibbles bytes , all on that eating theme I guess
2007-03-12 07:48:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
can we call you "a human being from xx colony, xx city, xx country, xx age" or just Pawan P. which is better?
2007-03-12 13:21:24 · answer #7 · answered by naresh b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋