Most babies are born vaginally, but you and your doctor might decide that a cesarean section would be best for you and your baby. Some planned cesarean sections are scheduled in advance. Or, your doctor might ask you to wait until you have signs of labor before coming to the hospital.
A bit of information is either a yes or a no ... on or off ... 0 or 1. You really canât compute or demonstrate. much with just one bit of information. So letâs look at the next biggest grouping of information. A Nibble is made of 4 bits. Letâs figure out how many pieces of information you could show with a. Nibble.
A byte consists of 8 bits and is typically used to represent a single logical character. As each of the 8 bits can contain either of two binary values (1 or 0) the total number of combinations in any byte is therefore 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 = 2**8 = 256. The literal character for any particular byte value can vary depending on the Code being used by the computer.