Q121
General ScienceComputer Awareness & Technology
A combination of 16 bits is called
- a.word
- b.nibble
- c.memory block
- d.byte
Answer: (D) byte
The printed key gives 'byte', but by standard definition 1 byte = 8 bits and 1 nibble = 4 bits, so 16 bits make 2 bytes. A group of 16 bits is conventionally called a 'word' (the word length depends on the processor: 16 bits on a 16-bit machine, 32 or 64 bits on later ones). Units to remember: 1 KB = 1024 bytes, 1 MB = 1024 KB, 1 GB = 1024 MB, 1 TB = 1024 GB.