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How many bits are in a byte?
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8
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- , britannica (britannica.com/technology/byte) and iec electropedia (iec 80000-13:2008), both stating a byte equals 8 bits, britannica, "byte" (www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as a unit of 8 bits, britannica, 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte), which states a byte is a unit of digital information storage typically consisting of eight bits; consistent with iec 80000-13:2008's definition of a byte as an 8-bit unit, britannica, 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): "byte, in computer science, a unit of information equal to eight bits (a bit is a single unit of information used by a computer).", britannica, 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as a unit of digital information equal to 8 bits, britannica, 'byte' (www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as 8 bits., britannica, 'byte' (www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as consisting of 8 bits., csrc.nist.gov, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica (britannica.com), entry "byte (unit of computer information)", which states a byte is a unit of digital information equal to 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica (britannica.com), entry "byte": states a byte is a unit of digital information storage made up of 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, "byte (unit of digital information)": https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte - states a byte is a unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (computer science entry): a byte is a group of eight bits., encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte), encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): "byte, in computer science, a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.", encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): "byte, in computer systems, is a group of adjacent binary digits (bits) that a computer processes as a unit... a byte consists of 8 bits.", encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): "byte, in computer, a unit of digital information...usually consisting of 8 bits.", encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is a unit of digital information storage that is composed of 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as a unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as a unit of digital information equal to 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (technology entry): a byte is defined as a unit of digital information equal to 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (technology entry, britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as a unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, "byte" (www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is a unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, 'byte' (britannica.com/technology/byte); ibm documentation defining a byte as 8 bits (ibm.com), encyclopaedia britannica, 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): "byte, in computer science, is a group of 8 bits used to represent a character or symbol.", encyclopaedia britannica, 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): "byte, in computer science, is a unit of information equal to 8 bits.", encyclopaedia britannica, 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): 'byte, in computer science, a unit of information that is composed of 8 bits.', encyclopaedia britannica, 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as a unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as a unit of digital information equal to 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, 'byte' entry (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is defined as a unit of digital information equal to 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, article "byte" (britannica.com/technology/byte), which states a byte is a unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "byte" (britannica.com/technology/byte) — states a byte is a unit of digital information equal to 8 bits, encyclopaedia britannica, entry "byte" (britannica.com/technology/byte): "byte, in computer and telecommunications systems, a unit of information equal to eight bits.", encyclopaedia britannica, entry "byte" (britannica.com/technology/byte): "byte, in computer science, a group of eight adjacent bits that a computer often processes as a unit" — states a byte is 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "byte" (britannica.com/technology/byte): a byte is a unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "byte" (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte): "byte, in computer science, a group of eight bits.", encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'byte (unit of digital information)': https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte, encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'byte' (britannica.com/technology/byte), states a byte is a unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits, used as the basic addressable unit of memory in most computer architectures., encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte) — states a byte consists of 8 bits, encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'byte' (www.britannica.com/technology/byte): 'byte, ... a unit of information storage, usually equal to eight bits.', encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'byte' (www.britannica.com/technology/byte): 'byte, in computer science, a unit of data equal to 8 bits.' this is also the standard definition used throughout computer science and by technology companies' official documentation (e.g., ieee and iec standards)., encyclopaedia britannica, entry on 'byte' (https://www.britannica.com/technology/byte), which states a byte is a unit of digital information equal to 8 bits., ibm docs, contents of an nje job: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=units-contents-nje-job, ibm documentation, data alignment (pl/i for aix): https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/pli-for-aix/3.1.0?topic=declarations-data-alignment, ibm documentation, data alignment: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/epfz/6.1.0?topic=declarations-data-alignment, ibm documentation, glossary b: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5.0?topic=glossary-b, ibm glossary, https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/3592-rackmount?topic=references-glossary, ibm think, 'what is a qubit?', https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/qubit (states: a computer byte consists of eight bits)., ibm think, what is a qubit? (section 'understanding bits'): https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/qubit, ibm think, what is a qubit? 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#14648Encyclopaedia Britannica (britannica.com), entry "byte": states a byte is a unit of digital information storage made up of 8 bits.
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