Bit vs Byte

Bits:

• Bit is a smallest unit of data.
• It has two values ''0" or "1".
• Bit values representation in other forms:
• "True" or  "False" (Logical  Values)
• "+" or  "-" (Algebraic Sign)
• "On" or "Off" (Activation State)
• Symbol of bits is "b". (Example : Mbps (Mega Bits Per Second))

Bytes:

• Byte is a storage value unit.
• It is the combination of  8 bits.
• Symbol of byte is "B". (Example : MBps (Mega Bytes Per Second)).
• In below figure, 1 Byte with bit representation is shown.

• Next stage units of bytes is:
• Kilobytes.
• Megabytes.
• Gigabytes.
• Terabytes.
• Petabytes.
• Next units of bytes are powers of 2. (i.e: 1 byte = 1024 KB = 2^10).

Implementation of "i" in KB:

• Storage Device manufacturers and internet providers started using bytes in powers of 10. 

• They started measuring as 1 KB = 1000 Bytes.
• When we connect storage device it shows less memory (example 16GB as 14.9GB).
• In order to avoid this confusion implemented "i"
• Names of Bytes are :
• Kibibytes
• Mebibytes
• Gibibytes
• Tebibytes
• Pebibytes.
•  This values are fixed for powers of 2.

Below is the table shows the byte values of next higher.