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Hi, I'm Bianca, with more computer news you can use.

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What's the difference between bits and bytes?

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Aren't they the same thing?

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Let's find out.

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A bit is a 1 or a 0.

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Information is put into a computer's memory as 1s and 0s.

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Because only two numerals are used, 0 and 1, the number system is called binary.

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To write a binary number, we start on the right with the 1s place.

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Next to the left comes the 2s place, then the 4s place, and so on.

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1, 1, 0 in a binary is the same as the decimal number 6.

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What about a byte?

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A byte is 8 bits long, where each bit fills a place in an 8-digit binary number.

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One byte can stand for a letter or other character.

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