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An Introduction to Digital (2)
Bits and Bytes — Binary Numbering System
The smallest part of the computer's memory is called a bit. It either has an electrical charge or it doesn't. If the bit has no charge, it is represented by the number 0; if the bit has a charge it is represented by the number 1. That's it! That's all computers can deal with: 0s and 1s. As you can see, a 0 or a 1 isn't much information. So in order to have a segment of memory that we can use effectively, we have to combine numbers of bits together into a unit that is called a byte. In 8-bit processing we would combine 8 bits. In 10-bit processing we could combine 10 bits and so on.
Let's look at 8-bit processing since that is ...
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