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... bits and bytes A bit is one binary digit and a byte is eight bits . Halfway between a " bit " and a " byte " is a nibble ( four bits ) . The word " bit " can be abbreviated as a lowercase " b " and byte can be abbreviated as an uppercase " ...
... bits and bytes A bit is one binary digit and a byte is eight bits . Halfway between a " bit " and a " byte " is a nibble ( four bits ) . The word " bit " can be abbreviated as a lowercase " b " and byte can be abbreviated as an uppercase " ...
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... bits increases the units of information that can be conveyed . The number of units of information that you can convey is simply the number of different combina- tions that you can make with a given number of bits . With one bit , you ...
... bits increases the units of information that can be conveyed . The number of units of information that you can convey is simply the number of different combina- tions that you can make with a given number of bits . With one bit , you ...
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... bit bitmap . The extra bits are used to define special effects , such as the amount of transparency , for a pixel . The data for each pixel requires three bytes of storage space : eight bits for red , eight bits for green , and eight bits ...
... bit bitmap . The extra bits are used to define special effects , such as the amount of transparency , for a pixel . The data for each pixel requires three bytes of storage space : eight bits for red , eight bits for green , and eight bits ...
Contents
UNIT A Computer and Internet Basics | 1 |
UNIT B Computer Hardware | 33 |
Computer Software | 65 |
Copyright | |
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