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What is a good definition of a "bit" (8-bit, 16-bit,

From Wikipedia:"A bit refers to a digit in the binary numeral system (base 2). For example, the number 1001011 is 7 bits long. The unit is sometimes abbreviated to b (but see below).Binary digits are almost always used as the basic unit of information storage and communication in digital computing and digital information theory."

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Re: What is a good definition of a "bit" (8-bit, 16-bit,

A bit or also known as "binary digit" is the smallest unit of data in a computer. The 0 and 1 number forms the bit. Half of byte (four bits) is called a Nibble.

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