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Classic Episode: What is a Byte? (Remastered)

Kopec Explains Software

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The Power of Binary

Bits are representing electrical signals that are either on or off. The system is called binary because it's in base two. A byte can represent 256 different possible values. You need 8,000,000 ones and zeros to represent a megabyte.

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