AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is bit?
Bit: The smallest unit of digital information, holding one of two values, 0 or 1. All data in a computer, from numbers to images, is built from long sequences of bits.
Bit: an example
The bits 1011 together represent the number eleven in binary.
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Where you learn it
Bit is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.