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by meenakshi on January 6th, 2008

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Whtat is the difference between bit, byte and word?

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  • by Stableboy on January 6th, 2008

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    A "bit" is a single one or zero. It has two states, and can only represent one of two values.

    A "byte" is (usually) 8 bits working together, such that each bit is double the value of the bit to its right. A byte can represent 256 possible values.

    A "word" is some group of bytes working together -- the actual number depends on the computer or language being used. On a Windows PC, a word is 4 bytes (32 bits), which can represent about 4 billion different values.

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  • by lendipriya on December 30th, 2008

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    A bit is single one which may be either 0 or 1
    A byte is the group of bits together where values has a specific values for each bit based on the the location it was placed.A n bits has 2^n values .generally byte may be used as 8 bits together
    A word is group of bytes working together . the lenght of the word depends upon the configurations of the system used

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  • by Midgardsormr on January 6th, 2008

    Midgardsormr

    A bit can have only two states: on or off ( 1 or 0 ).

    A byte is eight bits, and can have a numerical value of 0 - 255.

    A word's length depends on the system it is in. An 8-bit system's word is the same size as a byte (8 bits). A 32-bit system, such as most Windows PCs, has a 32-bit word.

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