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Q. bits form

 2392  221 Delhi UMET/DPMTDelhi UMET/DPMT 2007Semiconductor Electronics: Materials Devices and Simple Circuits Report Error

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Bits and bytes are related to binary number system.
The number system with base (or radix) is known as the binary number system. Only two symbols are used to represent number in this system and these are and .
These are known as bits. This system has the minimum base ( is not possible and is not useful).
It is a positional system that is every position is assigned a specific weight. In the binary number system, a group of four bits is known as a nibble, and a group of eight bits is known as a byte.
Note : Some of the other commonly used number systems are octal and hexadecimal point. These number systems are widely used in digital systems like microprocessors, logic circuits, computers etc.