Number system
tosinrogue!! A blogger Number System Number system: It is an organized and systematic way of representing number. Bit, Byte, Word and Character • A bit is the smallest quantity of information that can be stored or manipulated in a computer system. Digital computer store information in form of “1” or “0” at a defined memory location or address. A single binary digit is known as a bit. It is the smallest unit of information. • A byte is a group of eight bits. – Byte = 8 bits • A word is a contiguous group of bytes. A word means the basic unit of information operated on by a computer. Usually a word represents a number or instruction Typical word sizes: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 bits 1K = 1024 bytes Characters are ...



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