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Information is bits — the byte

computer science

Everything digital is bits, and n bits name 2^n things: a byte is 2^8 = 256 values (sealed). The bit is the atom of information (the Shannon bit, on the instruments); computing is what you do with enough of them. Rests on the instruments.

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Narrow Highway — computer science
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WIT.codex.FCT/information-is-bits-the-byte/REF.WITNESSED@narrow-highway

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