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A Byte is a unit of memory on a computer equaling 8 bits.

A Word a fixed sized unit of memory on a computer handled as a unit by the instruction set or the hardware of the processor (it is an important characteristic of any specific processor design or computer architecture) it will normally be a multiple of bytes. Modern processors usually have a word size of 1, 2, 4, or 8 bytes - (8, 16, 32, or 64 bits).

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How can you arrange bit byte word nibble in ascending order?

bit, nibble, byte, word


Which is the highest a bit or a nibble and why?

A nibble is bigger than a bit. A nibble = 4 bits, A Byte = 2 Nibbles or 8 bits


What is a nibble (referring to the computer term)?

A nibble is half a bit octet (commonly known as a byte). A nibble, therefore, is a set of four binary digits. The numeric value of a nibble is commonly presented in binary form, or in form of a single hexadecimal digit.


4 bits 8 bits equal to?

4 bit equals to nibble and 8 bit equal to byte..


What is bit size?

A bit size is one. It can be either a 0 or 1. Eight bits together is called a byte. Four bits (half of a byte) is called a nibble.


Is there anything less than bit?

Not in computing. A bit is a single entity. A nibble is four bits. A byte is eight bits.


What is the relationship between a byte and a bit?

A bit is one binary unit - either a one or a zero. A byte contains 8 bits. (so for example a byte would look like "10011011") Half a byte (or 4 bits) is called a nibble, no kidding!


What is a bit a nibble a byte and a word?

A " bit " is a single one or zero. It has two states, and can only represent one of two values. A " byte " is (usually) 8 bits working together, such that each bit is double the value of the bit to its right. A byte can represent 256 possible values. A "kilobyte" is 1024 Bytes A "word" is a unit of data of a defined bit length that can be addressed and moved between storage and the computer processor. Usually, the defined bit length of a word is equivalent to the width of the computer's data bus so that a word can be moved in a single operation from storage to a processor register. For any computer architecture with an eight- bit byte , the word will be some multiple of eight bits.


What is half a nibble?

computer geek speak wise i would say that if 8 bits are one byte and if half a byte is a nibble ( 4 bits ) then half a nibble would be equal to two bits or similar to two peas in a pod so the technical answer would be a pod - ( place of double ) bit grouping


How many bytes are in the word question?

A Word is of 3 Types. 1. Half Word- It is 16 bit or 1 byte long 2. Double Word or DWORD- It is 32 Bit or 2 byte long 3. Quad Word or QWORD- it is 64 bit or 8 byte long


How many bianary digits create one byte?

Binary digit = 1 bit. Four bits = 1 nibble. 8 bits = 1 byte.[An obsolete computer type used 9 bits to a byte, but that is history, not modern practice. ]


A byte is 8 bits. We call a 4 bit quantity is nibble. if a byte addressable memory has a 14 bit address how many nibbles of storage are in this memory?

There is no such thing as 14-bit byte addressable memory. There IS, however, 16-bit byte addressable memory, which I hope is what you meant. In that case, you simply divide 16 by 4 to get 16/4 = 4 nibbles. If you did in fact mean 14-bit address, then it would be 14/4 = 3.5 nibbles