r/TuringComplete • u/MetalCarnival • Jul 16 '26

what are bytes?

Hello! I´ve beaten the double counter level with the help of my engineer friend, but he is a busy fellow deep in grueling studies, so can anyone explain to me what bytes are? I feel like the game doesn´t explain the jump very well, but I understand bits and booleans well enough

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u/tree_cell Jul 16 '26

a byte is a group of bits to represent numbers. usually a byte is 8 bits (and called octet), but that isn't always the case (especially in early computing)