Mar 15, 2022 · Byte should have enough bits for ASCII and be a power of 2. You have to write all the bits because all bits are important. You have to show if ...

Nov 12, 2022 · A "32 bit machine" means a machine where the addresses are 32 bits. So it is possible to have up to 232 = 4,294,967,296 different memory ...

Oct 1, 2014 · 8 bits lets you encode the numbers 0-255, so 256 different characters possible per byte. This is just enough for upper and lowercase letters, ...

Mar 22, 2023 · To solve this problem, engineers decided to use 8 bits, which is equivalent to one byte. A byte can represent 256 different values (28), ...

Mar 28, 2023 · The 8-bit byte became popular due to the fact that it allowed for easier text encoding, since 6-bits is just barely enough to store 26 uppercase ...

Mar 13, 2018 · It is equal to 8 bits. A bit is simply a "0" or a "1" A byte is a unique sequence of 8 bits. An operating system is a platform used to ...

Mar 6, 2013 · The obvious answer is that it isn't. A byte is not 8-bits by definition, that's an octet. It just happens to almost universally be that way ...

Mar 19, 2024 · Byte is an abstract concept and is equal to 8 bits. Word is the size of data that the processor processes in one step (not necessarily one tick) ...

Sep 14, 2023 · Now yes, ASCII characters do only take up one byte. There are other character encodings that are bigger to deal with things like emoji or East ...