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Brain, Marshall. "How Bits and Bytes Work." 01 April 2000. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://computer.howstuffworks.com/bytes.htm> 13 May 2008.
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Introduction to How Bits and Bytes Work
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The Base-2 System and the 8-bit Byte
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The Standard ASCII Character Set
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Byte Prefixes and Binary Math
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Introduction to How Bits and Bytes Work
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The Base-2 System and the 8-bit Byte
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The Standard ASCII Character Set
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