Computer Science GCSE
Bit
What Bit means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Bit
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Reference: OCR
A single binary digit, either 0 or 1, and the smallest unit of data.
Topics that use Bit
- Units (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Capacity calculation
- Input devices
- Nibble
- Two states
- Binary
- Byte
- Decimal prefixes
- Estimation and conversion
Using Bit in the exam
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