The number shown in kilobytes is many times greater than the number of characters. A. In the binary number system used by most computers, the basic unit of measurement is a bit (short for binary digit).
In the binary number system, numbers are represented by a sequence of the binary digits 0 and 1 in the same way that numbers in the familiar decimal system are represented using the digits 0 through 9.
Binary code, code used in digital computers, based on a binary number system in which there are only two possible states, off and on, usually symbolized by 0 and 1.
Binary number system, in mathematics, positional numeral system employing 2 as the base and so requiring only two different symbols for its digits, 0 and 1, instead of the usual 10 different symbols needed in the decimal system.
Bit, in communication and information theory, a unit of information equivalent to the result of a choice between only two possible alternatives, as between 1 and 0 in the binary number system generally used in digital computers.
Noel, via email "If only they would 'purr for 'yes', and mew for 'no', or any rule of that sort," Alice had said, "so that one could keep up a conversation!" (This is the basis of the binary number system from which the Internet, and everything in it, was created).
