Bit vs Byte

 Bit:

• The term bit is acronym for the expression Binary Digit.

• A bit (short for binary digit) is the smallest unit of data in a computer.

• A bit has a single binary value, either 0 or 1.

  Byte:

• A pattern of eight bits makeup a Byte.

• A Byte represents characters (letters, numbers and symbols).

 Bit vs Byte:

 The relation between the Bit and Byte is

• Bit= 0 or 1
• 1 Byte= 8bits
• 1 KiloByte(1KB) = 1024 Bytes
• 1 MegaByte(1MB) = 1024 KB
• 1 GigaByte(1GB) = 1024 MB

• Bits and Bytes both measure amounts of data. However, they are typically used in two different contexts.

• Bits, kilobits (Kbps), and megabits (Mbps) are most often used to measure data transfer speeds.

• This may refer to how fast you are downloading  a file, or how fast your Internet connection is. For example, if you are downloading a file on cable modem, your download speed might be 240Kbps.

• Bytes, on the other hand, are used to measure data storage. For example, a CD holds 700MB (megabytes) of data and a hard drive may hold 250GB (gigabytes).

• The other important difference is that bytes contain eight bits of data. Therefore, a 240Kbps download is only transferring 30KB of data per second.

• It is important to know that bytes are abbreviated with a capital B, where as bits use a lowercase b. Therefore, Mbps is megabits per second, and MBps is megabytes per second. So 8Mbps is equal to 1MBps.