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Can I define byte as the smallest amount of information in a computer?

April 26, 2017byte Computer Computers define smallest Software

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Can I define byte as the smallest amount of information in a computer?

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No. A bit is the smallest amount of information held on a computer. On many computer architectures the byte or octet, eight bits, is the smallest amount to access easily. But that is a feature of the computer architecture, not an absolute. The smallest amount of information is the bit.