Byte (B)
A byte is a unit of data storage on computers, made up of 8 bits. This means that it can store 256 possible binary values, as 28 = 256 (since there are 2 bits, and 8 bits make up 1 byte). A single byte can represent one character, whether it be a number, letter, or symbol. The below illustration shows how these representations are eventually translated to bit representation. Larger units of memory are now made up of bytes.
