a ‘byte

So, a ‘byte’ became the smallest addressable unit of memory and this standard has been carried forward, so far.

A bit

A bit is the smallest memory unit to measure data stored in main memory and storage devices.

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The smallest addressable unit of data is usually a group of bits called a byte (usually an octet, which is 8 bits).

Bytes and Words

Bytes and Words are typically the smallest addressable units of memory.

A sector

A sector is the smallest memory unit on the disk.

Bits

Bits are the smallest possible piece of memory in a computer; each one can store either a '1' or a '0'.

the 256 byte area

Since the 256 byte area is typically at the lowest memory addresses, the first variable allocated there always had the address NULL.

16×32×8 bits

Illustratively, each block is 16×16 pixels, so that the minimum memory size is 16×32×8 bits, for example.

a 16-bit word

The smallest addressable unit of memory is a 16-bit word, there are no instructions that fetch a single 8-bit byte.

Qubits

Qubits are the smallest possible unit of data storage and serve as a unit of measurement denoting the performance capability of quantum computers.

the kilobyte

Therefore, the kilobyte is the smallest measurement of memory capacity among these options.

A bit (b)

A bit (b) is the smallest unit of storage on a digital device.

24 bits

The smallest addressable unit in the DSP56k is 24 bits; for pointers, only the lower 16 bits is used, supporting at most 192 kilooctets of RAM.

64 kilobytes

However, only a small portion of memory can be accessed (64 kilobytes, if the offset is 16 bits).

The most-significant byte

The most-significant byte occupies the lowest memory address.

a byte () containing 8 bits on modern CPUs

However, CPUs are not designed to work on individual bits, the smallest unit of memory addresses is a byte (containing 8 bits on modern CPUs).

Tbyte

Contemporary processors can provide access only to one Tbyte (2^40) of physical memory.

A byte in C++

A byte in C++ is the minimum addressable unit of memory, which is guaranteed to be at least 8 bits, but might also be 16 or 32 bits depending on the system.

the technical definition of a byte

nowadays, every architecture agrees that a byte is exactly 8 bits (a.k.a. an octect), but the technical definition of a byte is 'the smallest addressable memory unit', and a byte is architecture dependent.

A Bit data type

A Bit data type is the smallest unit of memory.