Computer bits and bytes are the fundamental building blocks of digital information. A bit is a binary digit, or 0 or 1, while a byte is a collection of eight bits. Bytes are the fundamental unit of storage on a computer, and they are used to store everything from text documents to images and videos.

The number of bytes in a file is usually given in its file size. For example, a Word document typically takes up around 2-3 megabytes of storage space, while a high-resolution photograph can take up several hundred megabytes.

Bytes are also used to measure the …