Bit is a digital storage unit used to express file size, memory or device capacity.
Bit is short for binary digit. The word was popularized by Claude Shannon's 1948 paper on information theory, which credited statistician John Tukey with coining it.
Measurement system: Digital information units using decimal and binary scaling. SI equivalent: Reference relationship used in the converter: 1 bit = 0.125 bit.
Bit facts
- Unit name
- Bit
- Symbol
- bit
- Category
- Data Storage
- Measurement system
- Digital information units using decimal and binary scaling
- SI equivalent
- Reference relationship used in the converter: 1 bit = 0.125 bit
- Common uses
- Files, memory, storage devices, software downloads and data transfer
Definition of the bit
Bit is a digital storage unit used to express file size, memory or device capacity.
Measurement system and SI relationship
Digital information units using decimal and binary scaling
SI equivalent: Reference relationship used in the converter: 1 bit = 0.125 bit
History of the bit
Bit is short for binary digit. The word was popularized by Claude Shannon's 1948 paper on information theory, which credited statistician John Tukey with coining it.
Where is the bit used?
Files, memory, storage devices, software downloads and data transfer