> For people like me who can never remember the > difference between a byte and a bit, is there a one-sentence explanation for > why there are bytes *and* bits?
As Jehan mentioned, a bit is simply a holder for one 0 or 1 value (a yes or no answer). A byte is 8 of those answers. Why 8? Old ( and weird, possibly arbitrary ) hardware limitations. IIRC, to get a character like 'A', 'B', 'C', etc to display we had to use bytes of bits, and that's why we're still counting them today ;) Chris _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
