Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science practice
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MCQ
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Topic
Data storage and compression
Exam-style question
How many bits are there in a byte?.
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Data storage is measured in bits, bytes, kibibytes, mebibytes, gibibytes, tebibytes, pebibytes, and exbibytes. Each unit is a multiple of the previous one, primarily based on powers of 2.
State the number of bits in a byte.
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