Which of the following is the smallest unit of data measurement in a computer?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 1 nibble
The basic unit of data in a computer is the bit (a single 0 or 1); larger units are built from it. Of the units given, the nibble, which is 4 bits (half a byte), is the smallest.
1 nibble \(=4\) bits
1 byte \(=8\) bits \(=2\) nibbles
1 kilobyte \(=1024\) bytes
1 megabyte \(=1024\) kilobytes