A numbering system that uses two digits, 0 and 1.

A numbering system that uses sixteen digits, 0 through 9, and A through F.

The smallest unit of digital information, represented by a 1 or 0.

A group of eight bits joined together.

A physical signal, such as text, numbers, graphics, or sound, interpreted by converting it into binary numbers.

The representation of integers using a group of bytes. Normally, one bit in one of the byes represents the sign, 1 for negative and 0 for positive. The remaining 31 bits are used to encode the number itself using binary digits.

The representation of text by assigning a unique binary code to each character.

The speed at which a computer processes information, as measured by the number of cycles per second (Hertz) that the computer's CPU operates at. Processor speed is measured in kilohertz, megahertz, and gigahertz.

The measurement in bytes of the volume that a storage device can contain.

The measurement in bits per second that information is transferred through a network from one computer to another.

Pronounced ask-ee and short for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, the most common format for text files in computers on the internet where each character is represented by a unique 7-bit binary code.

An international 16-bit encoding standard that accommodates character sets from multiple languages, with each letter, digit, or symbol being assigned a unique numeric value.