What is the name given to the smallest unit of digital information?
Correct answer: A. Bit
- A. Bit
- B. Nibble
- C. Byte
- D. Word
Explanation
The smallest unit of digital information in a computer is called a bit (binary digit). It can have a value of either 0 or 1, representing the basic building block of digital data. The other options (b) Nibble refers to a group of 4 bits, (c) Byte is a larger unit composed of 8 bits, and (d) Word is a group of bytes (typically 2 or 4 bytes depending on the system architecture).
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