Bits and Bytes

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Chapter X ??Bits and Bytes X CHAPTER Bits and Bytes A bit is the smallest unit of information there is. It is a single digit in the binary number system, with the value ????or ???? Two aspects of a bit make it useful. First, a bit? value can be interpreted as anything at all by the computer. That single bit might represent ?es??or ?o,??or the presence or absence of a disk, or whether a mouse button is pressed. Second, the values of several bits can be concatenated to represent more complex da…