The memory of a computer is commonly expressed in terms of Kilobytes or Megabytes. A byte is made up of
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- Aeight binary digitsCorrect
- Beight decimal digits
- Ctwo binary digits
- Dtwo decimal digits
Explanation
The correct answer is A because a byte is the basic unit of information in computer processing and storage. In the binary system used by computers, information is represented using bits, which are binary digits that can either be a 0 or a 1. A sequence of exactly eight of these binary digits grouped together forms one byte. Therefore, eight binary digits make up one byte.
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