Reputation: 143

Bits and Bytes of Computer Science

How many different values can be stored in 1 bit? Wouldn't it be a 1 and 0?

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LiveJin

Reputation: 170

A bit is a contraction of binary digit.it only store 0 or 1 in computer science.
1 byte=8 bits
1KB=1024Byte=8*1024bit
1MB=1024KB
1GB=1024MB
1TB=1024GB

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Alan Delimon

Reputation: 817

Correct. The bit represents the state of an electrical current which only has two values - on and off.

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Tim Ackroyd

Reputation: 635

You can store two values, either a 0 or a 1.

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cen

Reputation: 2943

That is correct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit

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Bits and Bytes of Computer Science

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