Bits and Bytes.

1. What is a Digit?
A digit is a single place that can hold numerical values between 0 and 9.

2. Normal counting numbers used in everyday life are based on what sequence of numbers?
They are based on the decimal sequence of numbers.

3. Where does the word bit originate from? Binary digit was combined to create it.

4. Binary numbers don’t use base 10. What base do they use? What digits are available in base 2?Binary numbers use a base-2 number system. The digits available are 0-1.

5. What is a byte?
The byte is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications and usually consists of eight bits. A byte is made up of bits.

6. How many bytes in a kilo, mega, giga and tera bytes:
kilo: 1024 bytes
mega: 1, 048, 576 bytes
giga: 1, 073, 741, 824 bytes
tera: 1, 099, 511, 627, 776 bytes

7. Complete the following conversions:
1000 Mb = 0.9765625 Gb
500 Gb = 512 000 Mb
5000 Kb = 4.8828125 Mb