byte

A byte, also referred to as an octet, is a unit of space used on computers. Calculation

A byte can be represented in different ways. The first way is by a string of 8 binary (either 0 or 1) digits. Each of these digits is equal to one bit, which means that there are 8 bits in 1 byte. The second way is through two digits in the hexadecimal numbering system, which uses base 16 as opposed to base 10 (i.e. the decimal number system). Each digit in the hexadecimal representation is equal to 4 bits (which is equal to 1 nibble).

If you counted out every possible combination of 8 bits, you would get 256 total possible combinations. Due to this, one byte can hold one of 256 total possible values, which range between either 0 and 255 (unsigned byte) or between -128 and 127 (signed byte).

Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex 0000 0000 00 0001 0000 10 0010 0000 20 0011 0000 30 0100 0000 40 0101 0000 50 0110 0000 60 0111 0000 70 0000 0001 01 0001 0001 11 0010 0001 21 0011 0001 31 0100 0001 41 0101 0001 51 0110 0001 61 0111 0001 71 0000 0010 02 0001 0010 12 0010 0010 22 0011 0010 32 0100 0010 42 0101 0010 52 0110 0010 62 0111 0010 72 0000 0011 03 0001 0011 13 0010 0011 23 0011 0011 33 0100 0011 43 0101 0011 53 0110 0011 63 0111 0011 73 0000 0100 04 0001 0100 14 0010 0100 24 0011 0100 34 0100 0100 44 0101 0100 54 0110 0100 64 0111 0100 74 0000 0101 05 0001 0101 15 0010 0101 25 0011 0101 35 0100 0101 45 0101 0101 55 0110 0101 65 0111 0101 75 0000 0110 06 0001 0110 16 0010 0110 26 0011 0110 36 0100 0110 46 0101 0110 56 0110 0110 66 0111 0110 76 0000 0111 07 0001 0111 17 0010 0111 27 0011 0111 37 0100 0111 47 0101 0111 57 0110 0111 67 0111 0111 77 0000 1000 08 0001 1000 18 0010 1000 28 0011 1000 38 0100 1000 48 0101 1000 58 0110 1000 68 0111 1000 78 0000 1001 09 0001 1001 19 0010 1001 29 0011 1001 39 0100 1001 49 0101 1001 59 0110 1001 69 0111 1001 79 0000 1010 0A 0001 1010 1A 0010 1010 2A 0011 1010 3A 0100 1010 4A 0101 1010 5A 0110 1010 6A 0111 1010 7A 0000 1011 0B 0001 1011 1B 0010 1011 2B 0011 1011 3B 0100 1011 4B 0101 1011 5B 0110 1011 6B 0111 1011 7B 0000 1100 0C 0001 1100 1C 0010 1100 2C 0011 1100 3C 0100 1100 4C 0101 1100 5C 0110 1100 6C 0111 1100 7C 0000 1101 0D 0001 1101 1D 0010 1101 2D 0011 1101 3D 0100 1101 4D 0101 1101 5D 0110 1101 6D 0111 1101 7D 0000 1110 0E 0001 1110 1E 0010 1110 2E 0011 1110 3E 0100 1110 4E 0101 1110 5E 0110 1110 6E 0111 1110 7E 0000 1111 0F 0001 1111 1F 0010 1111 2F 0011 1111 3F 0100 1111 4F 0101 1111 5F 0110 1111 6F 0111 1111 7F

Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex Binary Hex 1000 0000 80 1001 0000 90 1010 0000 A0 1011 0000 B0 1100 0000 C0 1101 0000 D0 1110 0000 E0 1111 0000 F0 1000 0001 81 1001 0001 91 1010 0001 A1 1011 0001 B1 1100 0001 C1 1101 0001 D1 1110 0001 E1 1111 0001 F1 1000 0010 82 1001 0010 92 1010 0010 A2 1011 0010 B2 1100 0010 C2 1101 0010 D2 1110 0010 E2 1111 0010 F2 1000 0011 83 1001 0011 93 1010 0011 A3 1011 0011 B3 1100 0011 C3 1101 0011 D3 1110 0011 E3 1111 0011 F3 1000 0100 84 1001 0100 94 1010 0100 A4 1011 0100 B4 1100 0100 C4 1101 0100 D4 1110 0100 E4 1111 0100 F4 1000 0101 85 1001 0101 95 1010 0101 A5 1011 0101 B5 1100 0101 C5 1101 0101 D5 1110 0101 E5 1111 0101 F5 1000 0110 86 1001 0110 96 1010 0110 A6 1011 0110 B6 1100 0110 C6 1101 0110 D6 1110 0110 E6 1111 0110 F6 1000 0111 87 1001 0111 97 1010 0111 A7 1011 0111 B7 1100 0111 C7 1101 0111 D7 1110 0111 E7 1111 0111 F7 1000 1000 88 1001 1000 98 1010 1000 A8 1011 1000 B8 1100 1000 C8 1101 1000 D8 1110 1000 E8 1111 1000 F8 1000 1001 89 1001 1001 99 1010 1001 A9 1011 1001 B9 1100 1001 C9 1101 1001 D9 1110 1001 E9 1111 1001 F9 1000 1010 8A 1001 1010 9A 1010 1010 AA 1011 1010 BA 1100 1010 CA 1101 1010 DA 1110 1010 EA 1111 1010 FA 1000 1011 8B 1001 1011 9B 1010 1011 AB 1011 1011 BB 1100 1011 CB 1101 1011 DB 1110 1011 EB 1111 1011 FB 1000 1100 8C 1001 1100 9C 1010 1100 AC 1011 1100 BC 1100 1100 CC 1101 1100 DC 1110 1100 EC 1111 1100 FC 1000 1101 8D 1001 1101 9D 1010 1101 AD 1011 1101 BD 1100 1101 CD 1101 1101 DD 1110 1101 ED 1111 1101 FD 1000 1110 8E 1001 1110 9E 1010 1110 AE 1011 1110 BE 1100 1110 CE 1101 1110 DE 1110 1110 EE 1111 1110 FE 1000 1111 8F 1001 1111 9F 1010 1111 AF 1011 1111 BF 1100 1111 CF 1101 1111 DF 1110 1111 EF 1111 1111 FF

Bit

Short for binary digit (which comes from the initial 'bi' and the ending 't'), a bit is the smallest unit of information used in computers and other machines. It uses a value of either 1 or 0. Eight bits make up one byte.