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A 'Bit' is one Binary Digit (a 1 or a 0) and a Byte is 8 bits.

Every character on a computer keyboard is translated into a unique string of 8 bits (a byte) in order to be processed by the computer's ALU.

Bit= 1 or 0

Byte= 11001101 (for example)

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