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Who coined the terms bit and byte?

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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 12/19/2022

Werner Buchholz coined the term bit/byte in 1956 for IBM stream computer.

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Who invented the byte and or bit?

byte was coined by werner buchholz


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Eight bits or one character of data are?

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