Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The memory of a computer is commonly expressed in terms of Kilobytes or Megabytes. A byte is made up of

  1. Eight decimal digits

  2. Eight binary digits

  3. Two binary digits

  4. Two decimal digits
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Explanation

A byte consists of eight binary digits (bits), which can represent 256 different values (2^8). This is the fundamental unit of digital storage in computers. Each bit is a binary digit (0 or 1), and eight bits together form a byte, which is used to represent a single character or small integer value.

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