bits-and-bytes
See also: bin-hex-dec-table
| Example (bin) | Bit | Byte | Hex | Example (hex) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 0x0 | |||
01 | 2 | 0x1 | |||
0101 | 4 | 0x5 | Nibble (half byte) | ||
1111 | 0xF | ||||
0101 0101 | 8 | 1 | 0x55 | Half word | |
1111 1111 | 0xFF | ||||
0011 0101 0011 0101 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0x3535 | Word |
| 32 | 4 | 2 | 0xDEAD’BEEF |
Note
- KB (kilobyte binary), also known as KiB (kibibyte), is different from kB (kilobyte metric)
- A metric kilobyte is a thousand bytes
$$ 1 \text{~kB} = 1000 \text{~B} $$ - A binary kilobyte is a $2^{10}$ bytes
$$ 1 \text{~KB} = 1 \text{~KiB} = 1024 \text{~B} $$