data rep Flashcards by jasmine libra

Q

what is a bit

A

a bit is the smallest data type in a computer.

‘electrical charge in a single capacitor within a memory device’

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what is a byte

A

a byte is made up of 8 bits

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Q

what is a 32 bit word

A

four eight bit bytes

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Q

nibble

A

half a byte which is four bits

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Q

bit rate

A

number bits that are transmitted in a given time period usually a second

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Q

how many kilobytes in a megabyte

A

1000

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how many megabytes in a gigabyte

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1000

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