Bytes

bytes and binary
The **byte** is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications, that most commonly consists of eight bits. byte is the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer. eight bits is a convenient power of two permitting the values 0 through 255 for one byte.

example: the number 162 can be rapresented in binary very easily; 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 so the converted answer for 162 is 10100010 in an 8 bits system, the numbers rise up in powers of 2 and go up to 128 which is the limit for 1 byte. to actually calculate a number, all we have to do, is to use the numbers in the byte to make the number wanted, by adding them together. in this case, 128+32+2=162 therefore those 3 value will be the 1s and the rest will be 0.