Bit

From iA wiki

See also: Binary | Byte

Abbreviation: Binary Digit

The primary unit of information which can be processed by a digital computer.

• Being a base 2 or binary notation, the value may be represented by either 0 or 1.
• Usual meassures of quantity apply: 1 kbit is 1024 bit; 1 mbit is 1024 kbit; 1 gbit is 1024 mbit and so on.
• 8 bit is equivelant to 1 byte; 8192 bit is equivelant to 1024 bytes or 1 kbyte