Recognize and execute a series of commands or instructions provided by the programs. The power of personal computer CPUs has increased at an incredible rate. Return to circle Bits and Bytes Bits and bytes are the units of data that a computer uses. It is the smallest unit of information that a computer handles. A byte is a group of 8 bits.
Bytes are important because they are the main practical unit of information that a computer handles.
A kilobyte represents approximately 1 thousand bytes of data. The exact value is 1,024 bytes. A megabyte represents approximately 1 million bytes of data. The exact value is 1,048,576 bytes. A gigabyte represents approximately 1 billion bytes of data.