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Bits
A binary digit. In the computer, electronics, and
communications fields, “bit” is generally
understood as a shortened form of “binary
digit.” In a numerical binary system, a bit is
either a 0 or 1. Bits are generally used to
indicate situations that can take one of two
values or one of two states, for example, on and
off, true or false, or yes or no. If, by convention,
1 represents a particular state, then 0 represents
the other state. For example, if 1 stands for
“yes,” then 0 stands for “no.”
Bytes
ASCII
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ASCII
The standard ASCII character set uses just 7
bits for each character. There are several larger
character sets that use 8 bits, which gives them
128 additional characters. The extra characters
are used to represent non-English characters,
graphics symbols, and mathematical symbols.
Several companies and organizations have
proposed extensions for these 128 characters.
EBCDIC