Which of the following is the number of bits contained in a byte?

The correct answer is B. 8. A byte is a fundamental unit of digital information, universally composed of 8 bits.

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A4
B8
C16
D1,024

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A
4% (1)
B
85% (22)
C
4% (1)
D
8% (2)

Why each option

A byte is a fundamental unit of digital information, universally composed of 8 bits.

4 bits constitute a nibble, not a byte.

B8Correct

By definition in computer science, a byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits, which is the smallest addressable unit of data for many computer architectures.

C16

16 bits constitute two bytes or a word in some architectures, not a single byte.

D1,024

1,024 is the number of bytes in a kilobyte (KB), or 1,024 bits in a kilobit (Kb), depending on context, not the number of bits in a single byte.

Concept tested: Fundamental units of digital information (bits and bytes)

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/character-encoding-introduction

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