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Classic Episode: What is a Byte? (Remastered)
Kopec Explains Software
The Physical Foundation of Computers
A bit, or a bite really, is like the physical foundation of software. At some level, we need to actually have something there that represents the one or the zero. Today's microprocessors in our phones are 64-bit microprocessors. Each little chunk that they process and do instructions on can represent such a large number of values That we're never really going to run out.
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