Byte Byte The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits, representing a binary number. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures. The size of the byte has historically been hardware dependent and no definitive standards existed that mandated the size – byte-sizes from 1 to 48 bits are known to have been used in the past. Early character encoding systems often used six bits, and machines
Women in computing in Canada enrollment numbers. Canada has several not-for-profit organizations dedicated to supporting women in computing disciplines. Many Canadian universities also have resources designed for women in underrepresented disciplines such as computer science. Several scholarships exist for Canadian women in computing (some of which being international). Many universities also have programs in place to encourage interest in computer science, especially for high school students. Several region-based celebrations, modelled after the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women conference, have taken place over the past several years in conjunction with the ACM-W: The Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing (ONCWIC): The Atlantic Celebration of Women in