What are Bits and Bytes
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Kilograms, Meters are measurement unites for weight and length. Similarly Bits, Bytes and Kilo Bytes are used to measure capacity of your computer.
What is a bit?
A bit is the smallest unit of data on a Computer. A bit can hold only one of two values: 0 or 1.
Bits are usually assembled into a group of 8 to form a byte. A byte contains enough information to store a character, like "a".
What is a byte?
A single byte is composed of 8 consecutive bits capable of storing a single character.
1 kilobyte (KB) = 1024 bytes
1 megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes
1 gigabyte (GB) = 1,073,741,824 bytes
Practical examples.
A floppy disk has 1.44MB . This means it has 1.44x1024 KB storage capacity.