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Message: <blockquote data-quote="help4u" data-source="post: 9900353" data-attributes="member: 326991">MoreI. Pieces, bits and bytes:•    BIT - The smallest possible piece of data. It can be either a 0 or a 1. If you put a bunch of bits together, you end up in the 'binary number system'i.e. 00000001 = 1       00000010 = 2             00000011 = 3     etc. •    BYTE - A byte consists of 8 bits. It can have a maximal value of 255 (0-255). To make it easier to read binary numbers, we use the 'hexadecimal number system'. It's a 'base-16 system', while binary is a 'base-2 system'  •    WORD - A word is just 2 bytes put together or 16 bits. A word can have a maximal value of 0FFFFh (or 65535d). •    DOUBLE WORD - A double word is 2 words together or 32 bits. Max value = 0FFFFFFFF (or 4294967295d). •    KILOBYTE - 1000 bytes? No, a kilobyte does NOT equal 1000 bytes! Actually, there are 1024 (32*32) bytes. •    MEGABYTE - Again, not just 1 million bytes, but 1024*1024 or 1,048,578 bytes.</blockquote>

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