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Bits 'n Bytes.

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+ +This is basic Computer Science but its worth restating the basics +sometimes. +

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bits

+ +A bit is the smallest component in computer memory, it has +two states, either ON or OFF. These states are represented as 1 or 0 +and thus everything is based on binary arithmatic. +
+Off == 0
+On  == 1
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Bytes

+ +For convinence, bits are grouped into blocks of 8, these blocks +are called Bytes. +An integer byte can store any value from 0 -> 255. + + ------------------------- + 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 + ------------------------- + 8 4 2 1 8 4 2 1 + ------------------------- + F F + ------------------------- + +

KiloBytes

+ +This is a thousand bytes. The exact value is 2 to the power of 10 +or 1,024 + +

MegaBytes

+This is a Million bytes. The exact value is 2 to the power of 20 +or 1,048,576 + +

GigaBytes

+ +The exact value is 2 to the power of 30 +or 1,073,741,824 + +

TeraBytes

+ +The exact value is 2 to the power of 40 +or 1,099,511,627,776 (big....) + +

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