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What letter symbol represents bit?

Updated: 11/11/2022
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Gparnell

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In general use, a lowercase 'b' represents the unit bit (56 kbps = 56 kilobits per second)

This is not to be confused with an uppercase 'B' which, in a similar context, represents the unit 'Byte' (a Byte is made up of eight bits).

The bit is not defined in the International System of Units (SI), The International Electrotechnical Commission standard IEC 60027 gives the symbol for a binary digit as bit(including kbit, mbit etc), and the lower-case letter b was recommended by the IEEE 1541 Standard (2002).

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