Convert bit (b) to byte (B)
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Definition and details for bit (b):
Bit is the basic unit of information in computing and telecommunications. The word "bit" is an acronym for binary digit. Each bit records one of two possible answers to a single question: "0" or "1," "yes" or "no," "on" or "off." The symbol for bit, as a unit of information, is either "bit" (recommended by the ISO/IEC standard 80000-13 (2008)) or lowercase "b" (recommended by the IEEE 1541 Standard (2002)).
Definition and details for byte (B):
Byte is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications. It is an ordered collection of bits, in which each bit can be 1 or 0. Byte is the basic addressable element in many computer architectures because it is used to encode a character of text in a computer. The size of a byte is typically hardware dependent, but the modern standard is 8 bits, as this is a convenient power of 2.