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Each byte represents a number. What that number means, will depend on where abouts it is, in a memory location or program.
For example.
In the graphics area of memory, the number will determine what color the pixel should be for that location. There will be a byte for every pixel.
A pair of bytes will represent where the computer should look in the memory to retreive another number.
A single byte will represent a command, when executed by the CPU. A program is operated on, one byte at a time in sequence, unless the operation code (another byte) tells it to jump to another part of the program or stop.
A CPU has a look up table, where each number (represented by a byte) will have an operation. This operation could be, to just add 1 to the number in the present registry.
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Can you create a sentence with byte?
yes because each byte represents one letter.
In computing what does a single byte represent?
A single byte represents 8 bits.
What does msb represents in a byte?
MSB represents Most Significant Bit.
What is the largest posistive number that can be represented using 1 byte?
If the byte represents a signed number, values commonly go from minus 128 to plus 127. If the byte represents an unsigned number, values commonly go from 0 to 255.
In memory what is a byte?
A byte is a group of 8 bits of computer data. A bit represents either a 0 or a 1.
Does one byte in computer code represent 25?
No it represents 8
Each 0 or 1 is a byte?
Each 0 or 1 is a bit (bit being short for "binary digit") a byte is 8 of these (byte being short for "binary eight")
What is most significant bit?
In a byte MSB is the bit that represents value 2^7, LSB is the bit that represents value 2^0.
Which memory unit is equal to one character?
One byte (8 bits) represents a character .
Is each byte in memory limited in size?
The true answer is yes and no Yes: in binary coded decimal and hexadecimal each byte is 4 bits long; in octal each byte is three bits long. No: in true binary theoretically there is no "last bit".
A byte is a what?
A unit of memory on a computer, equaling 8 bitsA byte is an 8 digit long binary number. Each digit in a byte is called a bit.
What exactly is a byte?
A byte is the smallest data unit of modern binary computers. It represents either a 1 or a 0. Bits are compiled into a set of eight bits, known as a byte. Bytes represent one piece of data, such as a single letter, etc.
