up, i.e. Bit Position: _0____0____0____0___0___0___0___0 Bit Value: __128__64___32___16___8___4___2___1 Ignore the underscores, that's just the way that could get them in columns. As an example, a byte is made up of eight bits, and can represent a number between 0 and 255, like above. When all eight bits are set to 1,