In computer science, a bit is a unit of information that can have only one of two values, most commonly represented as either a 0 or a 1. The term bit is a contraction of the words “binary digit.”
A bit can be stored in a single memory cell in a computer, or it can be represented by a voltage or current level in an electronic circuit. The smallest addressable unit of information in a computer is a bit.
The bit has been around since the early days of digital computers. It was first proposed in a paper by Claude …