January 2017
e-VIBES
January 2017
BACK- TO-BASICS
If you understand the atom you know the entire cosmos . The fundamental and rudimentary elements and its related macro systems are similarly designed . E-VIBES intend to carry a series of articles explaining certain elementary building blocks , related to print technology , the understanding of which will make the totality of the related concepts and theories easy to grasp .
In this first issue let us understand ‘ BITS and BYTES ’ At the smallest scale in the computer , information is stored as bits and bytes .
Bits
Bit , like an atom , is the smallest unit of storage . In the digital script it is all 0 ' s and 1 ’ s , the elements of ‘ Bits ’. It means the Bit stores just a 0 or 1 . It is the smallest building block of storage .
A bit is too small to be much used . Group 8 bits together to make 1 byte . The following distinct patterns can be made with 1 , 2 , or 3 bits .
Number of bits Distinct Patterns 1 0 1 2 00 01 10 11 3 000 001 010 011 100
101 110 111
You may note that 3-bits has twice as many patterns as 2-bits .
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