Bits and Bytes
It’s customary to name the two possible patterns of a bit 1 and 0, though any names would
Sequences of 8 bits create a byte
Two patterns in sequences of 8 …
m = 2, n = 8, 28 = 256 possibilities
from 0000 0000 through 1111 1111
The two pattern alternatives motivate
the term binary for this representation