Bits and bytes
Physical representation
"Bits is bits": 10101100011
bit: single binary digit, value 0 or 1
nybble: 4 bits
byte: 8 bits
halfword: 16 bits (2 bytes)
word: 32 bits (4 bytes); can vary with machine architecture
32-bit architecture in this class
doubleword: 64 bits (8 bytes)
bit string: any number of consecutive bits (11 bits in example)