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  2. 8-bit computing - Wikipedia

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    An 8-bit register can store 2 8 different values. The range of integer values that can be stored in 8 bits depends on the integer representation used. With the two most common representations, the range is 0 through 255 (2 8 − 1) for representation as an binary number, and −128 (−1 × 2 7) through 127 (2 7 − 1) for representation as two's complement.

  3. Byte - Wikipedia

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    A string that consists of a number of bits, treated as a unit, and usually representing a character or a part of a character. 1 The number of bits in a byte is fixed for a given data processing system. 2 The number of bits in a byte is usually 8. ^ "Internet History of 1960s # 1964".

  4. 8-bit color - Wikipedia

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    8-bit color, with three bits of red, three bits of green, and two bits of blue. In order to turn a true color 24-bit image into an 8-bit image, the image must go through a process called color quantization. Color quantization is the process of creating a color map for a less color dense image from a more dense image.

  5. Octet (computing) - Wikipedia

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    1 o = 8 bits. The octet is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that consists of eight bits. The term is often used when the term byte might be ambiguous, as the byte has historically been used for storage units of a variety of sizes. The term octad (e) for eight bits is no longer common. [1] [2]

  6. UTF-8 - Wikipedia

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    UTF-8 is a variable-length character encoding standard used for electronic communication. Defined by the Unicode Standard, the name is derived from Unicode Transformation Format – 8-bit. UTF-8 is capable of encoding all 1,112,064 valid Unicode code points using one to four one-byte (8-bit) code units. Code points with lower numerical values ...

  7. Units of information - Wikipedia

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    Historically, a byte was the number of bits used to encode a character of text in the computer, which depended on computer hardware architecture, but today it almost always means eight bits – that is, an octet. An 8-bit byte can represent 256 (2 8) distinct values, such as non-negative integers from 0 to 255, or signed integers from −128 to ...

  8. Bit - Wikipedia

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    The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication. The name is a portmanteau of binary digit. [1] The bit represents a logical state with one of two possible values. These values are most commonly represented as either "1" or "0", but other representations such as true / false, yes / no, on / off, or + / − ...

  9. List of 8-bit computer hardware graphics - Wikipedia

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    The 8-bit RGB palettes (also known as 3-3-2 bit RGB) use 3 bits for each of the red and green color components, and 2 bits for the blue component, due to the lesser sensitivity of the common human eye to this primary color. This results in an 8×8×4 = 256-color palette as follows: Red. #000000.