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A byte can hold one __________ of data.
A byte can hold one __________ of data.
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The correct option is A Character
A byte can hold one Character of data.
1 byte may hold 1 character. For Example: Refer Ascii values
for each character & convert into binary. This is how it works. 2^8 = 256
Characters. It depends what is the character and what encoding it is in:
An ASCII character in 8-bit ASCII encoding is 8 bits (1 byte), though it can
fit in 7 bits. An ISO-8895-1 character in ISO-8859-1 encoding is 8 bits (1
byte). A Unicode character in UTF-8 encoding is between 8 bits (1 byte) and 32
bits (4 bytes).
A byte can hold one Character of data.
1 byte may hold 1 character. For Example: Refer Ascii values for each character & convert into binary. This is how it works. 2^8 = 256 Characters. It depends what is the character and what encoding it is in: An ASCII character in 8-bit ASCII encoding is 8 bits (1 byte), though it can fit in 7 bits. An ISO-8895-1 character in ISO-8859-1 encoding is 8 bits (1 byte). A Unicode character in UTF-8 encoding is between 8 bits (1 byte) and 32 bits (4 bytes).
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