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--Pillboi-- · Last edited by --Pillboi-- on Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:10 am; edited 3 times in total

What is a bit?

Simply. A bit is a tiny piece of data. Bits are also the smallest used in normal computers. Quantum computers also use qubits. It can aslo be called a shannon.
I know you think binary is what makes your computer work... but it's not. Bit's are the very workings of your computer.
If you slap a few bits together, you end up with binary. So bits make up binary, hence they are what make up binary. Now it's all fitting together.
We know from out studies of binary, that with bit's, it can either be a 1 or a 0.
If a bit is represented as 1, it means that the computer reads it as being "true". If a bit is a 0, it will be understood as it being "false".

How does the computer read bits?

The computer will know if a bit is in a "true" state or a "false" state, by checking to see how much electricity is supplied to it. If a bit is "true" or has the value of 1, it is supplied with high voltage electricity. As you would expect, if a bit is "false" or has a value of 0, it is supplied with low voltage electricity.

Flyte · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject:

Some errors I noticed:

Kilobyte and Megabyte are the SI terms. The correct terms when referring to computers are actually Kibibyte and Mebibyte.

Add to your list that a nibble is half of a byte, or 4 bits. Also add to your list that a QWord is 64 bits.

Its is not the necessarily the amount of voltage that decides of bit. In some systems it is whether or not that voltage is positive or negative that determines it. Other systems though use voltage or no voltage methodology.

Bits are not smaller than binary. Binary is the term that describes the basis on which bits work. Kind of like the decimal or octal system does for their numbers respectfully. You cannot compare the two sizes because binary has no "size" as it is a descriptive word. Bits are also the smallest used in normal computers. Quantum computers also use qubits.

Fun fact: A bit can also be called a shannon.

Hope this helped.

--Pillboi-- · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject:

Thanks Flyte. Some of that was just clumsiness, other was not knowing. Thanks. Very Happy

Com · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject:

I have a question, Do we need to know this?
Also just for fun

Kilobyte is 1000 bytes
A megabyte is 1000 kilobytes 1,000,000 bytes plox?
A gigabyte is 1000 megabytes 1,000,000,000 bytes plox?
A tarabyte is 1000 gigabytes 1,000,000,000,000 bytes plox?
A metabyte is 1000 tarabytes 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes plox?

Very Happy

Com · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject:

Com · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject:

Com · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject:

Flyte · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject:

Com · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject:

Com · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject:

Uzeil · Moderator Reputation: 6 Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 2411

I personally wouldn't round 1,073,741,824 to 1,000,000,000. 73,741,824 is simply a loss of information and losing that makes it dead wrong.

I think you just don't want to admit that you're wrong.

Progression · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:36 pm Post subject:

--Pillboi-- · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:51 am Post subject:

Noz3001 · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:04 am Post subject:

What the fuck.. Never heard of the term "nibble"...

--Pillboi-- · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:10 am Post subject: