Définition de «Bit»

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Bit
Angl : BInary digiT.
Fr : chiffre binaire.

Le bit est la plus petite unité d’information et de mémoire d’un ordinateur. Il est de type booléen, et ses deux états sont 0 et 1.
A ne pas confondre avec un byte, qui est codé sur 8 bits.
Une combinaison de bits peut indiquer un caractère alphabétique, un chiffre ou remplir d’autres fonctions parmi lesquelles la signalisation et la commutation.

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