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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Historia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Representation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Representation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Representation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Representation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lagring" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lagring"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Lagring</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lagring-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Överföring_och_behandling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Överföring_och_behandling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Överföring och behandling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Överföring_och_behandling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Enhet_och_symbol" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Enhet_och_symbol"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Enhet och symbol</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Enhet_och_symbol-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Växla underavsnittet Enhet och symbol</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Enhet_och_symbol-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Multipler_av_bit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Multipler_av_bit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Multipler av bit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Multipler_av_bit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Binära_logaritmer_till_andra_baser" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Binära_logaritmer_till_andra_baser"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Binära logaritmer till andra baser</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Binära_logaritmer_till_andra_baser-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Se_även" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Se_även"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Se även</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Se_även-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Referenser" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Referenser"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Referenser</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Referenser-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Växla underavsnittet Referenser</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Referenser-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Noter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Externa_länkar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Externa_länkar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Externa länkar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Externa_länkar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Innehåll" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Innehållsförteckning" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Växla innehållsförteckningen" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Växla innehållsförteckningen</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Bit</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Gå till en artikel på ett annat språk. Tillgänglig på 99 språk" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-99" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">99 språk</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bis" title="Bis – afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Bis" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tw%C4%81ling" title="Twāling – fornengelska" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Twāling" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="fornengelska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AA" title="بت – arabiska" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="arabiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – aragonesiska" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="aragonesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – asturiska" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="asturiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – azerbajdzjanska" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="azerbajdzjanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="بیت – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بیت" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F" title="বিট – bengali" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="bengali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – min nan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="min nan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D1%82" title="Біт – belarusiska" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Біт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="belarusiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D1%82" title="Біт – belarusiska (tarasjkevitsa)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Біт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="belarusiska (tarasjkevitsa)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Бит (информатика) – bulgariska" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бит (информатика)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="bulgariska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – bosniska" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="bosniska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – bretonska" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="bretonska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – katalanska" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="katalanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – tjeckiska" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="tjeckiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – walesiska" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="walesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – danska" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="danska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – tyska" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="tyska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitt" title="Bitt – estniska" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bitt" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="estniska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CF%88%CE%B7%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%BF" title="Δυαδικό ψηφίο – grekiska" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δυαδικό ψηφίο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="grekiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – engelska" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="engelska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – spanska" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="spanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bito" title="Bito – esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bito" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – baskiska" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="baskiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87)" title="بیت (رایانه) – persiska" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بیت (رایانه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="persiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – franska" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="franska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – västfrisiska" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="västfrisiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – friulianska" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="friulianska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giot%C3%A1n" title="Giotán – iriska" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Giotán" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="iriska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – galiciska" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="galiciska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%84%ED%8A%B8_(%EB%8B%A8%EC%9C%84)" title="비트 (단위) – koreanska" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="비트 (단위)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="koreanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AB%D5%A9" title="Բիթ – armeniska" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բիթ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="armeniska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95" title="द्वयंक – hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="द्वयंक" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – kroatiska" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="kroatiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bico" title="Bico – ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Bico" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(satuan)" title="Bit (satuan) – indonesiska" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bit (satuan)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="indonesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Бит – ossetiska" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Бит" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="ossetiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isincwana" title="Isincwana – zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Isincwana" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biti_(t%C3%B6lvufr%C3%A6%C3%B0i)" title="Biti (tölvufræði) – isländska" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Biti (tölvufræði)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="isländska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – italienska" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="italienska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA" title="סיבית – hebreiska" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סיבית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="hebreiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D" title="ಬಿಟ್ – kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಬಿಟ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ბიტი – georgiska" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბიტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="georgiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D3%A9%D0%BB%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%B1%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%96)" title="Бит (өлшем бірлігі) – kazakiska" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Бит (өлшем бірлігі)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="kazakiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biti" title="Biti – swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Biti" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Бит (маалымат) – kirgiziska" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Бит (маалымат)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="kirgiziska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%95" title="ບິຕ – laotiska" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ບິຕ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="laotiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitus" title="Bitus – latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Bitus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits" title="Bits – lettiska" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bits" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="lettiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – luxemburgiska" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="luxemburgiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitas" title="Bitas – litauiska" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bitas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="litauiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – lombardiska" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="lombardiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – ungerska" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="ungerska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Бит – makedonska" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Бит" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="makedonska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="ബിറ്റ് – malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബിറ്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – maltesiska" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="maltesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%9F" title="बाईट – marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बाईट" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – malajiska" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="malajiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – mirandesiska" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="mirandesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Бит – mongoliska" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бит" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="mongoliska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – burmesiska" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="burmesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(eenheid)" title="Bit (eenheid) – nederländska" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bit (eenheid)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="nederländska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%88" title="ビット – japanska" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ビット" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="japanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – norskt bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="norskt bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – nynorska" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="nynorska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – occitanska" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="occitanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Бит – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Бит" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(o%CA%BBlchov_birligi)" title="Bit (oʻlchov birligi) – uzbekiska" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bit (oʻlchov birligi)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="uzbekiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%B9" title="بٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – polska" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="polska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – portugisiska" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="portugisiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – karakalpakiska" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="karakalpakiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – rumänska" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="rumänska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Бит – ryska" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бит" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="ryska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – skotska" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="skotska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – albanska" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="albanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – sicilianska" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="sicilianska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BB%D9%BD" title="ٻٽ – sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ٻٽ" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – slovakiska" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="slovakiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – slovenska" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="slovenska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="بیت – centralkurdiska" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بیت" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="centralkurdiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE)" title="Бит (рачунарство) – serbiska" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бит (рачунарство)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="serbiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(ra%C4%8Dunarstvo)" title="Bit (računarstvo) – serbokroatiska" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Bit (računarstvo)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="serbokroatiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitti" title="Bitti – finska" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Bitti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="finska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="இருமம் – tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="இருமம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D" title="బిట్ – telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="బిట్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95" title="บิต – thailändska" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="บิต" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="thailändska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Бит – tadzjikiska" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Бит" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="tadzjikiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(bili%C5%9Fim)" title="Bit (bilişim) – turkiska" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Bit (bilişim)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="turkiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D1%82" title="Біт – ukrainska" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Біт" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="ukrainska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%B9_(%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%B1)" title="بٹ (کمپیوٹر) – urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بٹ (کمپیوٹر)" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – vietnamesiska" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="vietnamesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit" title="Bit – waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Bit" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B2%EF%BC%88%E5%8D%95%E4%BD%8D%EF%BC%89" title="柲(单位) – wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="柲(单位)" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98" title="ביט – jiddisch" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="ביט" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="jiddisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%8D%E5%85%83" title="位元 – kantonesiska" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="位元" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="kantonesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%8D%E5%85%83" title="位元 – kinesiska" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="位元" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="kinesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a 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class="noexcerpt noprint hanvisning_bas hatnote"> <dl><dd><i>Den här artikeln handlar om informationsenheten.  För verktyget, se <a href="/wiki/Bits" title="Bits">Bits</a>.  </i></dd></dl></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: .2em; float: right; clear: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ccccff;">Grundläggande<br /> informationsenheter  </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bit</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bin%C3%A4ra_talsystemet" title="Binära talsystemet">binär</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nat [inte skriven än]">Nat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Basen_e" class="mw-redirect" title="Basen e">basen <i>e</i></a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ban_(enhet)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ban (enhet) [inte skriven än]">Ban</a> (<a href="/wiki/Decimala_talsystemet" title="Decimala talsystemet">decimal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kvantbit" title="Kvantbit">Kvantbit</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kvantinformation" title="Kvantinformation">kvantum</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bit</b> <span class="IPA" style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, Arial Unicode MS, Gentium, GentiumAlt, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Code2000, Doulos SIL; font-family :inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Internationella_fonetiska_alfabetet" title="Internationella fonetiska alfabetet">[biːt]</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-datatermgruppen2013_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-datatermgruppen2013-1"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Teleskopord" title="Teleskopord">teleskopord</a> av <a href="/wiki/Engelska" title="Engelska">engelska</a> <i><b>bi</b>nary digi<b>t</b></i>, ”binär siffra”; <a href="/wiki/Plural" class="mw-redirect" title="Plural">plural</a> <i>bitar</i> eller <i>bit</i>) är <a href="/wiki/Grundenhet" title="Grundenhet">grundenheten</a> för <a href="/wiki/Information" title="Information">information</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-merriam-webster_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merriam-webster-2"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> En bit kan anta ett av två värden, som vanligen representeras av 0 eller 1. Inom <a href="/wiki/Informationsteori" title="Informationsteori">informationsteorin</a> är bit ekvivalent med enheten <a href="/wiki/Shannon_(enhet)" title="Shannon (enhet)">shannon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-rowlett_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rowlett-3"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> uppkallad efter <a href="/wiki/Claude_Shannon" title="Claude Shannon">Claude Shannon</a>. </p><p>De två värdena på en bit kan också tolkas som <a href="/wiki/Sanningsv%C3%A4rde" title="Sanningsvärde">sanningsvärden</a> (sant/falskt, ja/nej), algebraiska <a href="/wiki/Signum_(matematik)" title="Signum (matematik)">tecken</a> (+/−), aktiveringstillstånd (på/av), eller något annat tvåvärdigt attribut. Överensstämmelsen mellan dessa värden och det fysiska tillståndet av den bakomliggande lagringen eller enheten är en fråga om konvention, och olika tilldelningar kan användas även inom samma enhet eller program. Längden av ett binärt tal kan refereras till som dess <i>bitlängd</i>. </p><p>En <a href="/wiki/Kvantbit" title="Kvantbit">kvantbit</a> eller <i>qubit</i> är ett <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kvantsystem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kvantsystem [inte skriven än]">kvantsystem</a> som kan existera i <a href="/wiki/Superposition" title="Superposition">överlagring</a> av två klassiska (icke-kvant)bitvärden. </p><p>Symbolen för bit, som en informationsenhet, är antingen <i>bit</i> (rekommenderat av standarden <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=IEC_80000-13&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IEC 80000-13 [inte skriven än]">IEC 80000-13:2008</a></span>) eller gement <i>b</i> (rekommenderat av standarden <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=IEEE_1541-2002&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IEEE 1541-2002 [inte skriven än]">IEEE 1541-2002</a></span>). En grupp av åtta bitar kallas vanligen för en <i><a href="/wiki/Byte" title="Byte">byte</a></i>, men historiskt är storleken på en byte inte strikt definierad. Termen <a href="/wiki/Oktett_(datavetenskap)" title="Oktett (datavetenskap)">oktett</a> kan användas då man vill undvika tvetydighet. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Redigera avsnitt: Definition" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=1" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Definition"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>En bit definieras som den erhållna informationen vid utfallet av en slumpmässig händelse <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle k}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>k</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle k}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c3c9a2c7b599b37105512c5d570edc034056dd40" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.211ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle k}" /></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Haykin2006_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haykin2006-4"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Informationen definieras som <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle -\log _{2}p_{k}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <msub> <mi>log</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <msub> <mi>p</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>k</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle -\log _{2}p_{k}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/74a8e86cf23728fb819eadedf7c0af632214a75b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:8.866ex; height:2.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle -\log _{2}p_{k}}" /></span>, där <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle p_{k}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>p</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>k</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle p_{k}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/01084a31964201514f3e6bd0136989e11ea6e58a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; margin-left: -0.089ex; width:2.348ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle p_{k}}" /></span> är sannolikheten att <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle k}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>k</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle k}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c3c9a2c7b599b37105512c5d570edc034056dd40" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.211ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle k}" /></span> inträffar. Ju högre sannolikheten är desto mindre blir informationen. En alternativ definition är osäkerheten i <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle k}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>k</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle k}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c3c9a2c7b599b37105512c5d570edc034056dd40" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.211ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle k}" /></span>, som exempelvis kan vara en binär slumpvariabel som kan anta värdet 0 eller 1 med lika stor sannolikhet.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2006_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2006-5"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historia">Historia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Redigera avsnitt: Historia" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=2" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Historia"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kodning av data med diskreta bitar i specifika positioner på <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5lkort" title="Hålkort">hålkort</a> uppfanns av <a href="/w/index.php?title=Basile_Bouchon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basile Bouchon [inte skriven än]">Basile Bouchon</a> och <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Baptiste_Falcon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Baptiste Falcon [inte skriven än]">Jean-Baptiste Falcon</a> (1732). Tekniken utvecklades av <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Marie_Jacquard" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Marie Jacquard">Joseph Marie Jacquard</a> (1804) och senare av <a href="/w/index.php?title=Semen_Korsakov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Semen Korsakov [inte skriven än]">Semen Korsakov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Babbage" title="Charles Babbage">Charles Babbage</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hermann_Hollerith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hermann Hollerith [inte skriven än]">Hermann Hollerith</a> och tidiga datortillverkare som <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>. En annan variant av denna idé var <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5lremsa" title="Hålremsa">hålremsan</a>. I alla dessa system förmedlar mediet (kortet eller bandet) bitar av information: huruvida en viss position har ett stansat hål eller inte. Kodning av text genom bitar användes också i <a href="/wiki/Morsekod" class="mw-redirect" title="Morsekod">morsekod</a> (1844) och tidiga digitala kommunikationsmaskiner såsom <a href="/wiki/Teletype" class="mw-redirect" title="Teletype">teletyper</a> och <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tickermaskin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tickermaskin [inte skriven än]">tickermaskiner</a> (1870). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hartley" title="Ralph Hartley">Ralph Hartley</a> föreslog användning av ett logaritmiskt informationsmått (1928).<sup id="cite_ref-abramson_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abramson-6"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Wilder_Tukey" title="John Wilder Tukey">John W. Tukey</a> introducerade ordet bit den 9 januari 1947 som en förkortning av <i>binary digit</i> ("binär siffra"). Ordet fick spridning genom <a href="/wiki/Claude_Shannon" title="Claude Shannon">Claude E. Shannons</a> inflytelserika verk <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=En_matematisk_kommunikationsteori&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="En matematisk kommunikationsteori [inte skriven än]">En matematisk kommunikationsteori</a></i> (1948).<sup id="cite_ref-Shannon1948_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shannon1948-7"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Intressant är att <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vannevar_Bush&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vannevar Bush [inte skriven än]">Vannevar Bush</a> 1936 skrev om "informationsbitar" lagrade på hålkort (som användes i den tidens mekaniska datorer).<sup id="cite_ref-Bush1936_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bush1936-8"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Den första programmerbara datorn, byggd av <a href="/wiki/Konrad_Zuse" title="Konrad Zuse">Konrad Zuse</a>, använde binär notation för tal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Representation">Representation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Redigera avsnitt: Representation" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=3" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Representation"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="background:#b3b7ff;">Antal </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#b3b7ff;">Bitar </th> <th style="background:#b3b7ff;">Tillstånd </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">… </td> <td style="text-align:right;">… </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">256 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 096 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16 384 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">65 536 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">… </td> <td style="text-align:right;">… </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">32 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 294 967 296 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>För binär representation av det <a href="/wiki/Naturliga_tal" title="Naturliga tal">naturliga talet</a> <i>n</i> är minst <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \log _{2}n}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>log</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mi>n</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \log _{2}n}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d74677fc45e0d926639433586327cbc2982eae89" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:5.808ex; height:2.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \log _{2}n}" /></span> bitar nödvändiga, vilket på ett mer praktiskt sätt kan skrivas som <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\log _{2}n\,\,\rceil }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌈<!-- ⌈ --></mo> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <msub> <mi>log</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mi>n</mi> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌉<!-- ⌉ --></mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\log _{2}n\,\,\rceil }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/234d4e3d3e8ef0523604a1b0d5b5414cc9713147" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:9.421ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\log _{2}n\,\,\rceil }" /></span> (utvärdet till en <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tak_(funktion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tak (funktion) [inte skriven än]">takfunktion</a> av ett <a href="/wiki/Heltal" title="Heltal">heltal</a>). Detta innebär att en mängd som kan anta <i>n</i> värden, exempelvis talen 0 och <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle n-1}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>n</mi> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>1</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle n-1}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/fbd0b0f32b28f51962943ee9ede4fb34198a2521" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:5.398ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle n-1}" /></span>, kan representeras av <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\log _{2}n\,\,\rceil }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌈<!-- ⌈ --></mo> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <msub> <mi>log</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mi>n</mi> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌉<!-- ⌉ --></mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\log _{2}n\,\,\rceil }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/234d4e3d3e8ef0523604a1b0d5b5414cc9713147" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:9.421ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\log _{2}n\,\,\rceil }" /></span> bitar. Exempelvis, för en signal med 9 möjliga tillstånd är <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\log _{2}9\,\,\rceil =\lceil 3,1699\rceil =4}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌈<!-- ⌈ --></mo> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <msub> <mi>log</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mn>9</mn> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌉<!-- ⌉ --></mo> <mo>=</mo> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌈<!-- ⌈ --></mo> <mn>3</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mn>1699</mn> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌉<!-- ⌉ --></mo> <mo>=</mo> <mn>4</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\log _{2}9\,\,\rceil =\lceil 3,1699\rceil =4}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/292e8eb1dcd09947712e48b51abbb75532fe0c1b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:25.459ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\log _{2}9\,\,\rceil =\lceil 3,1699\rceil =4}" /></span> bitar nödvändiga (1001 är den binära representationen av 9). </p><p>Det minsta antalet tillstånd som ett digitaltekniskt system kan anta är två, vilket kan uttryckas och lagras med hjälp av <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \log _{2}2=1}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>log</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mn>2</mn> <mo>=</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \log _{2}2=1}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/3a63d03d23e9d47761a4f1cfa1d0097919c395f1" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:9.836ex; height:2.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \log _{2}2=1}" /></span> bit. Ett par definierade villkor som representeras av en bit är exempelvis: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Resistans" title="Resistans">Resistansen</a> under kopplingstillståndet för en <a href="/wiki/Transistor" title="Transistor">transistor</a> (<i>låg</i> eller <i>hög</i>)</li> <li>Tillståndet hos en <a href="/wiki/Lampa" title="Lampa">lampa</a> (<i>tänd</i> eller <i>släckt</i>)</li> <li>Riktningen hos en analog signal (− eller +)</li></ul> <p>En lampa kan anta två olika tillstånd (<i>släckt</i> eller <i>tänd</i>). I exemplet nedan är 0 = <i>släckt</i> och 1 = <i>tänd</i>, men om så önskas fungerar även det omvända. </p><p>Lampans tillstånd: <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Fil:Bulbgraph_Off.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bulbgraph_Off.svg/44px-Bulbgraph_Off.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bulbgraph_Off.svg/66px-Bulbgraph_Off.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bulbgraph_Off.svg/88px-Bulbgraph_Off.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="54" /></a></span> Lampa släckt (0) <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Fil:Bulbgraph.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Bulbgraph.svg/44px-Bulbgraph.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Bulbgraph.svg/66px-Bulbgraph.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Bulbgraph.svg/88px-Bulbgraph.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="54" /></a></span> Lampa tänd (1)<br /> Med en enda bit kan informationen om lampans tillstånd visas:<br /> Information i en bit: <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Fil:BulbgraphOnOff.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/BulbgraphOnOff.gif" decoding="async" width="44" height="54" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="54" /></a></span> </p><p>På samma sätt kan tillståndet som ett normalt fungerande <a href="/wiki/Trafikljus" class="mw-redirect" title="Trafikljus">trafikljus</a> kan anta (<i>röd</i>, <i>gul</i> eller <i>grön</i>) uttryckas och lagras med hjälp av <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\!^{2}\log 3\,\,\rceil =\lceil 1,5849\rceil =2}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌈<!-- ⌈ --></mo> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <msup> <mspace width="negativethinmathspace"></mspace> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mi>log</mi> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mn>3</mn> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌉<!-- ⌉ --></mo> <mo>=</mo> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌈<!-- ⌈ --></mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mn>5849</mn> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⌉<!-- ⌉ --></mo> <mo>=</mo> <mn>2</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\!^{2}\log 3\,\,\rceil =\lceil 1,5849\rceil =2}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8d065fe2a086b77727e44d7a1bef1aebe5e98e77" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:25.459ex; height:3.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \lceil \,\,\!^{2}\log 3\,\,\rceil =\lceil 1,5849\rceil =2}" /></span> bitar (exempelvis 00 = <i>röd</i>, 01 = <i>gul</i> och 10 = <i>grön</i>). </p><p>Symboliskt – oberoende av den fysiska representationen – anges de två tillstånden hos bitarna som: </p> <ul><li><b>sant</b> eller <b>falskt</b> (i en <a href="/w/index.php?title=Boolesk_variabel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boolesk variabel [inte skriven än]">boolesk variabel</a>), eller</li> <li><b>0</b> eller <b>1</b> (i en binär numerisk variabel)</li></ul> <p>H → 1, L → 0 kallas för <i>positiv logik</i>, medan det omvända kallas för <i>negativ logik</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lagring">Lagring</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Redigera avsnitt: Lagring" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=4" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Lagring"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>I de tidigaste icke-elektroniska informationsbehandlingsanordningarna, såsom <a href="/wiki/Jacquardv%C3%A4vstol" title="Jacquardvävstol">Jacquards vävstol</a> och <a href="/wiki/Den_analytiska_maskinen" title="Den analytiska maskinen">den analytiska maskinen</a>, lagrades en bit ofta som positionen för en mekanisk hävstång eller kugghjul, eller närvaron eller frånvaron av ett hål vid en viss punkt i ett <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5lkort" title="Hålkort">hålkort</a> eller <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5lremsa" title="Hålremsa">hålremsa</a>. I de första elektriska apparaterna för diskret logik (exempelvis <a href="/wiki/Hiss" title="Hiss">hissar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trafiksignal" title="Trafiksignal">trafiksignalsstyrkretsar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telefonv%C3%A4xel" title="Telefonväxel">telefonväxlar</a> och <a href="/w/index.php?title=Konrad_Zuses_dator&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Konrad Zuses dator [inte skriven än]">Konrad Zuses dator</a>) representerades bitar som tillstånden hos elektroniska <a href="/wiki/Rel%C3%A4" title="Relä">reläer</a> som kan vara antingen ”öppen” eller ”sluten”. När reläer ersattes med <a href="/wiki/Elektronr%C3%B6r" title="Elektronrör">elektronrör</a>, i början på 1940-talet, experimenterade datorbyggare med en mängd olika lagringsmetoder, såsom tryckpulser som rör sig ned längs en <a href="/w/index.php?title=F%C3%B6rdr%C3%B6jningskvicksilverlinje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fördröjningskvicksilverlinje [inte skriven än]">fördröjningskvicksilverlinje</a>, laddningar lagrade på insidan av ett <a href="/wiki/Katodstr%C3%A5ler%C3%B6r" title="Katodstrålerör">katodstrålerör</a>, eller ogenomskinliga fläckar tryckta på <a href="/wiki/Optisk_skiva" title="Optisk skiva">optiska skivor</a> med <a href="/wiki/Mikrolitografi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mikrolitografi">fotolitografiska tekniker</a>. </p><p>Under 1950- och 1960-talet ersattes till stor del dessa metoder med <a href="/w/index.php?title=Magnetisk_lagring&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Magnetisk lagring [inte skriven än]">magnetisk lagring</a> såsom <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4rnminne" title="Kärnminne">kärnminne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magnetband" title="Magnetband">magnetband</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trumminne" title="Trumminne">trumminne</a> och <a href="/w/index.php?title=Disklagring&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Disklagring [inte skriven än]">disklagring</a>, där en bit representerades av polariteten av magnetiseringen av en viss del av en <a href="/wiki/Ferromagnetism" title="Ferromagnetism">ferromagnetisk film</a>, eller genom ett polaritetsskifte från en riktning till den andra. Samma princip användes senare i <a href="/wiki/Bubbelminne" title="Bubbelminne">bubbelminnen</a> som utvecklades under 1980-talet, och som fortfarande finns i olika <a href="/wiki/Magnetremsa" title="Magnetremsa">magnetremsebiljetter</a> såsom <a href="/wiki/Tunnelbana" title="Tunnelbana">tunnelbanebiljetter</a> och vissa <a href="/wiki/Kreditkort" title="Kreditkort">kreditkort</a>. </p><p>I moderna <a href="/w/index.php?title=Halvledarminne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halvledarminne [inte skriven än]">halvledarminnen</a>, såsom <a href="/wiki/Dynamiskt_minne" title="Dynamiskt minne">dynamiska minnen</a>, kan de två värdena för en bit representeras av två nivåer av <a href="/wiki/Elektrisk_laddning" title="Elektrisk laddning">elektrisk laddning</a> som lagras i en <a href="/wiki/Kondensator" title="Kondensator">kondensator</a>. I vissa typer av <a href="/wiki/Programmerbar_logisk_matris" title="Programmerbar logisk matris">programmerbara logiska matriser</a> och <a href="/wiki/Read-only_memory" title="Read-only memory">read-only memories</a>, kan en bit representeras av närvaron eller frånvaron av en ledande väg vid en viss punkt i en krets. I optiska skivor, representeras en bit av närvaron eller frånvaron av en mikroskopisk grop på en reflekterande yta. I endimensionella <a href="/wiki/Streckkod" title="Streckkod">streckkoder</a>, är bitarna representerade av tjockleken av alternerande svarta och vita linjer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Överföring_och_behandling"><span id=".C3.96verf.C3.B6ring_och_behandling"></span>Överföring och behandling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Redigera avsnitt: Överföring och behandling" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=5" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Överföring och behandling"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bitar överförs en i taget i seriell överföring, och multipelt i parallell överföring. En <a href="/wiki/Bitvis_operation" title="Bitvis operation">bitvis operation</a> processar en bit åt gången. Dataöverföringshastigheter mäts vanligen i decimala SI-multipler av enheten <a href="/wiki/Bit_per_sekund" title="Bit per sekund">bit per sekund</a> (b/s), exempelvis <a href="/wiki/Kilobit_per_sekund" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilobit per sekund">kilobit per sekund</a> (kb/s). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Enhet_och_symbol">Enhet och symbol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Redigera avsnitt: Enhet och symbol" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=6" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Enhet och symbol"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r53696904">.mw-parser-output .infobox{border:1px solid 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style="background-color:#ccf;">Multipler av <a class="mw-selflink selflink">bit</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#ddf;"><a href="/wiki/SI-prefix" title="SI-prefix">SI-prefix</a> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#ddf;"><a href="/wiki/Bin%C3%A4ra_prefix" class="mw-redirect" title="Binära prefix">Binära prefix</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Namn</th> <th>Symbol</th> <th>Faktor </th> <th>Namn</th> <th>Symbol</th> <th>Faktor </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kilobit" title="Kilobit">Kilobit</a></td> <td>kb</td> <td>10<sup>3</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kibibit" title="Kibibit">Kibibit</a></td> <td>Kib</td> <td>2<sup>10</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Megabit" title="Megabit">Megabit</a></td> <td>Mb</td> <td>10<sup>6</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mebibit" title="Mebibit">Mebibit</a></td> <td>Mib</td> <td>2<sup>20</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gigabit" title="Gigabit">Gigabit</a></td> <td>Gb</td> <td>10<sup>9</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gibibit" title="Gibibit">Gibibit</a></td> <td>Gib</td> <td>2<sup>30</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Terabit" title="Terabit">Terabit</a></td> <td>Tb</td> <td>10<sup>12</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tebibit" title="Tebibit">Tebibit</a></td> <td>Tib</td> <td>2<sup>40</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Petabit" title="Petabit">Petabit</a></td> <td>Pb</td> <td>10<sup>15</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pebibit" title="Pebibit">Pebibit</a></td> <td>Pib</td> <td>2<sup>50</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Exabit" title="Exabit">Exabit</a></td> <td>Eb</td> <td>10<sup>18</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Exbibit" title="Exbibit">Exbibit</a></td> <td>Eib</td> <td>2<sup>60</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Zettabit" title="Zettabit">Zettabit</a></td> <td>Zb</td> <td>10<sup>21</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Zebibit" title="Zebibit">Zebibit</a></td> <td>Zib</td> <td>2<sup>70</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Yottabit" title="Yottabit">Yottabit</a></td> <td>Yb</td> <td>10<sup>24</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Yobibit" title="Yobibit">Yobibit</a></td> <td>Yib</td> <td>2<sup>80</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronnabit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ronnabit [inte skriven än]">Ronnabit</a></td> <td>Rb</td> <td>10<sup>27</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robibit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robibit [inte skriven än]">Robibit</a></td> <td>Rib</td> <td>2<sup>90</sup> </td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quettabit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quettabit [inte skriven än]">Quettabit</a></td> <td>Qb</td> <td>10<sup>30</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qubibit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qubibit [inte skriven än]">Qubibit</a></td> <td>Qib</td> <td>2<sup>100</sup> </td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><div class="noprint plainlinks" style="background-color:transparent; padding:0; white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal; font-size:80%; ; color: inherit;">Denna tabell: <a href="/wiki/Mall:Multipler_av_bit" title="Mall:Multipler av bit"><span title="Visa denna mall" style=";">visa</span></a> <span style="font-size:80%;">•</span> <a class="external text" href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mall:Multipler_av_bit&action=edit"><span style=";" title="Redigera den här mallen">redigera</span></a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: .2em; float: right; clear: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/Ord_(datorterm)" title="Ord (datorterm)">Bit</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><center><a href="/w/index.php?title=1-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1-bit [inte skriven än]">1</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=4-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4-bit [inte skriven än]">4</a> <a href="/wiki/8-bitars_CPU" title="8-bitars CPU">8</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=12-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12-bit [inte skriven än]">12</a> <a href="/wiki/16-bitarsdator" title="16-bitarsdator">16</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=18-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="18-bit [inte skriven än]">18</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=24-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="24-bit [inte skriven än]">24</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=26-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="26-bit [inte skriven än]">26</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=31-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="31-bit [inte skriven än]">31</a> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">32</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=36-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="36-bit [inte skriven än]">36</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=48-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="48-bit [inte skriven än]">48</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=60-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="60-bit [inte skriven än]">60</a> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">64</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=128-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="128-bit [inte skriven än]">128</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=256-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="256-bit [inte skriven än]">256</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=512-bit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="512-bit [inte skriven än]">512</a></center> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/Till%C3%A4mpningsprogram" title="Tillämpningsprogram">Applikation</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><center><a href="/w/index.php?title=16-bitsapplikation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="16-bitsapplikation [inte skriven än]">16</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=32-bitsapplikation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="32-bitsapplikation [inte skriven än]">32</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=64-bitsapplikation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="64-bitsapplikation [inte skriven än]">64</a></center> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/IEEE_754-2008" title="IEEE 754-2008">Flyttals</a><a href="/w/index.php?title=Precision_(datavetenskap)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Precision (datavetenskap) [inte skriven än]">precision</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><center><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halvprecisionsflyttal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halvprecisionsflyttal [inte skriven än]">×½</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Singelprecisionsflyttal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Singelprecisionsflyttal [inte skriven än]">×1</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dubbelprecisionsflyttal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dubbelprecisionsflyttal [inte skriven än]">×2</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kvadruppelprecisionsflyttal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kvadruppelprecisionsflyttal [inte skriven än]">×4</a></center> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ccccff;"><a href="/wiki/IEEE_754-2008" title="IEEE 754-2008">Flyttals</a><a href="/w/index.php?title=Precision_(datavetenskap)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Precision (datavetenskap) [inte skriven än]">decimalprecision</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><center><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decimal32&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decimal32 [inte skriven än]">32</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Decimal64&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decimal64 [inte skriven än]">64</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Decimal128&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decimal128 [inte skriven än]">128</a></center> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="noprint plainlinks" style="background-color:transparent; padding:0; white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal; font-size:80%; ; color: inherit;">Denna tabell: <a href="/wiki/Mall:N-bit" title="Mall:N-bit"><span title="Visa denna mall" style=";">visa</span></a> <span style="font-size:80%;">•</span> <a class="external text" href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mall:N-bit&action=edit"><span style=";" title="Redigera den här mallen">redigera</span></a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Biten är inte definierad i <a href="/wiki/Internationella_m%C3%A5ttenhetssystemet" title="Internationella måttenhetssystemet">internationella måttenhetssystemet</a> (SI). Emellertid har <a href="/wiki/International_Electrotechnical_Commission" title="International Electrotechnical Commission">International Electrotechnical Commission</a> (IEC) utfärdat standarden <a href="/w/index.php?title=IEC_60027&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IEC 60027 [inte skriven än]">IEC 60027</a>, som anger att även symbolen för enheten bör vara <i>bit</i>, och att detta bör användas i alla multipler, exempelvis <i>kbit</i> för kilobit.<sup id="cite_ref-nist_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nist-9"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Den gemena bokstaven b används dock också i stor utsträckning som symbol för bit, och rekommenderas av <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers" title="Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers">IEEE</a>, genom standarden <a href="/w/index.php?title=IEEE_1541-2002&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IEEE 1541-2002 [inte skriven än]">IEEE 1541-2002</a>. Däremot skall den inte förväxlas med den versala bokstaven B, som är symbolen för <a href="/wiki/Byte" title="Byte">byte</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multipler_av_bit">Multipler av bit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Redigera avsnitt: Multipler av bit" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=7" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Multipler av bit"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Multipla bitar kan uttryckas och representeras på flera sätt. För förenkling av representation av vanliga återkommande bitgrupper, har flera <a href="/w/index.php?title=Informationsenhet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Informationsenhet [inte skriven än]">informationsenheter</a> traditionellt använts – den vanligaste är <a href="/wiki/Byte" title="Byte">byte</a>, myntad av <a href="/w/index.php?title=Werner_Buchholz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Werner Buchholz [inte skriven än]">Werner Buchholz</a> i juli 1956, som historiskt har använts för att representera antalet bitar som används för att koda ett <a href="/wiki/Skrivtecken" class="mw-redirect" title="Skrivtecken">tecken</a> (tills <a href="/wiki/UTF-8" title="UTF-8">UTF-8</a> multibytekodning tog över) i en dator<sup id="cite_ref-Bemer1962_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bemer1962-10"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, och som av denna anledning användes som det <a href="/wiki/Adressrymd" title="Adressrymd">grundadresserbara</a> elementet i många <a href="/wiki/Datorarkitektur" title="Datorarkitektur">datorarkitekturer</a>. Utvecklingen av hårdvaruformgivningen sammanlöpte på den vanligaste implementationen av användningen av 8 bitar per byte, eftersom det är vitt använt idag. På grund av tvetydigheten i att förlita sig på den underliggande hårdvaruformgivningen, definierades enheten <a href="/wiki/Oktett_(datavetenskap)" title="Oktett (datavetenskap)">oktett</a> att uttryckligen ange en sekvens av 8 bitar. </p><p>Datorer brukar manipulera bitar i gruppar om en fast storlek, konventionellt kallade ”<a href="/wiki/Ord_(datorterm)" title="Ord (datorterm)">ord</a>”. Liksom byte, varierar även antalet bitar i ett ord med hårdvaruformgivningen, och det är typiskt mellan 8 och 80 bitar, eller ännu mer i vissa specialiserade datorer. Från och med 2000-talet, har persondatorer och serverdatorer i detaljhandeln en ordstorlek på 32 eller 64 bitar. </p><p>SI definierar en serie <a href="/w/index.php?title=Decimalprefix&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decimalprefix [inte skriven än]">decimalprefix</a> (<a href="/wiki/SI-prefix" title="SI-prefix">SI-prefix</a>) för multipler av standardiserade enheter, vilka även frekvent används för bit och byte. Prefixen <a href="/wiki/Kilo" title="Kilo">kilo</a> (10<sup>3</sup>) upptill <a href="/wiki/Yotta" title="Yotta">yotta</a> (10<sup>24</sup>) utgör multipler av 1000, och de motsvarande enheterna är <a href="/wiki/Kilobit" title="Kilobit">kilobit</a> (10<sup>3</sup> bitar) och <a href="/wiki/Yottabit" title="Yottabit">yottabit</a> (10<sup>24</sup> bitar). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Binära_logaritmer_till_andra_baser"><span id="Bin.C3.A4ra_logaritmer_till_andra_baser"></span>Binära logaritmer till andra baser</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Redigera avsnitt: Binära logaritmer till andra baser" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=8" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Binära logaritmer till andra baser"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Fil:Units_of_information.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Units_of_information.svg/324px-Units_of_information.svg.png" decoding="async" width="324" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Units_of_information.svg/486px-Units_of_information.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Units_of_information.svg/648px-Units_of_information.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="256" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Ersättning av den binära logaritmen till logaritmen av <a href="/wiki/E_(tal)" title="E (tal)">e</a>, <a href="/wiki/3_(tal)" title="3 (tal)">3</a> eller <a href="/w/index.php?title=10_(%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="10 (число) [inte skriven än]">10</a> leder till de sällan använda enheterna <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nat [inte skriven än]">nat</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Trit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trit [inte skriven än]">trit</a> och <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartdit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hartdit [inte skriven än]">hartdit</a>, motsvarande <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \log _{2}e\approx 10/7,\ \log _{2}3\approx 8/5,\ \log _{2}10\approx 10/3}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>log</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mi>e</mi> <mo>≈<!-- ≈ --></mo> <mn>10</mn> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mn>7</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mtext> </mtext> <msub> <mi>log</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mn>3</mn> <mo>≈<!-- ≈ --></mo> <mn>8</mn> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mn>5</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mtext> </mtext> <msub> <mi>log</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⁡<!-- --></mo> <mn>10</mn> <mo>≈<!-- ≈ --></mo> <mn>10</mn> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mn>3</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \log _{2}e\approx 10/7,\ \log _{2}3\approx 8/5,\ \log _{2}10\approx 10/3}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/afbfda88f52e95a0f2cb6181c7cf8b96729626a2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:43.896ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \log _{2}e\approx 10/7,\ \log _{2}3\approx 8/5,\ \log _{2}10\approx 10/3}" /></span> bitar, respektive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Se_även"><span id="Se_.C3.A4ven"></span>Se även</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Redigera avsnitt: Se även" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=9" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Se även"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r54800189">.mw-parser-output .mall-kolumner2{column-width:16em;column-count:3}.mw-parser-output .mall-kolumner2.med-bredd{column-count:auto}.mw-parser-output .mall-kolumner2>:first-child{margin-top:0}</style> <div class="mall-kolumner2 utan-bredd utan-antal" style=""> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Byte" title="Byte">Byte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bit_per_sekund" title="Bit per sekund">Bit per sekund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kvantbit" title="Kvantbit">Kvantbit</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bitstr%C3%B6m&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bitström [inte skriven än]">Bitström</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integer" title="Integer">Integer</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trit [inte skriven än]">Trit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entropi_(informationsteori)" title="Entropi (informationsteori)">Entropi (informationsteori)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bin%C3%A4ra_talsystemet" title="Binära talsystemet">Binära talsystemet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tern%C3%A4ra_talsystemet" title="Ternära talsystemet">Ternära talsystemet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_(enhet)" title="Shannon (enhet)">Shannon (enhet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nibble" title="Nibble">Nibble</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Referenser">Referenser</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Redigera avsnitt: Referenser" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=10" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Referenser"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noter">Noter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Redigera avsnitt: Noter" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=11" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Noter"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-datatermgruppen2013-1"><a href="#cite_ref-datatermgruppen2013_1-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193249/http://datatermgruppen.se/index.php?id=89&itemid=91&obj=a6&option=com_content&uttr=bit&view=article">”ordlisteartikel 6”</a>. Svenska datatermgruppen. Arkiverad från <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.datatermgruppen.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=91&obj=a6&uttr=bit">originalet</a> den 4 mars 2016<span class="printonly">. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193249/http://datatermgruppen.se/index.php?id=89&itemid=91&obj=a6&option=com_content&uttr=bit&view=article">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193249/http://datatermgruppen.se/index.php?id=89&itemid=91&obj=a6&option=com_content&uttr=bit&view=article</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Läst 23 februari 2013</span>.  ”Uttalet av [...] bit [är] /bi:t/”</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=ordlisteartikel+6&rft.atitle=&rft.pub=Svenska+datatermgruppen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20160304193249%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fdatatermgruppen.se%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D89%26itemid%3D91%26obj%3Da6%26option%3Dcom_content%26uttr%3Dbit%26view%3Darticle&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bit"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-merriam-webster-2"><a href="#cite_ref-merriam-webster_2-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bit">”Bit”</a>. <i><span>Merriam-Webster Dictionary</span></i><span class="printonly">. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bit">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bit</a></span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Bit&rft.atitle=Merriam-Webster+Dictionary&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2Fbit&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bit"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rowlett-3"><a href="#cite_ref-rowlett_3-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="web" id="CITEREFRowlett">Rowlett, Russ. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170902185758/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictB.html#bit">”How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement, Avsnitt:bit (b) [1]”</a>. University of North Carolina. Arkiverad från <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictB.html#bit">originalet</a> den 2 september 2017<span class="printonly">. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170902185758/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictB.html#bit">https://web.archive.org/web/20170902185758/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictB.html#bit</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Läst 7 maj 2016</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=How+Many%3F+A+Dictionary+of+Units+of+Measurement%2C+Avsnitt%3Abit+%28b%29+%26%2391%3B1%26%2393%3B&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Rowlett&rft.aufirst=Russ&rft.au=Rowlett%2C+Russ&rft.pub=University+of+North+Carolina&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20170902185758%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.unc.edu%2F%7Erowlett%2Funits%2FdictB.html%23bit&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bit"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Haykin2006-4"><a href="#cite_ref-Haykin2006_4-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text">Simon Haykin (2006), <i>Digital Communications</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Anderson2006-5"><a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2006_5-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text">John B. Anderson, Rolf Johnnesson (2006) <i>Understanding Information Transmission</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-abramson-6"><a href="#cite_ref-abramson_6-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text">Norman Abramson (1963), <i>Information theory and coding</i>. McGraw-Hill.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shannon1948-7"><a href="#cite_ref-Shannon1948_7-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="journal" id="CITEREFShannon">Shannon, Claude. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051218/http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf">”A Mathematical Theory of Communication”</a>. <i>Bell Labs Technical Journal</i>. Arkiverad från <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf">originalet</a> den 28 mars 2015<span class="printonly">. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051218/http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf">https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051218/http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Läst 7 maj 2016</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=A+Mathematical+Theory+of+Communication&rft.jtitle=Bell+Labs+Technical+Journal&rft.aulast=Shannon&rft.aufirst=Claude&rft.au=Shannon%2C+Claude&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20150328051218%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fcm.bell-labs.com%2Fcm%2Fms%2Fwhat%2Fshannonday%2Fshannon1948.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bit"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bush1936-8"><a href="#cite_ref-Bush1936_8-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="journal" id="CITEREFBush1936">Bush, Vannevar (1936). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183499313">”Instrumental analysis”</a>. <i>Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society</i> 42 (10): sid. 649–669. <a href="/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" title="Digital object identifier">doi</a>:<span class="neverexpand"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1090%2FS0002-9904-1936-06390-1">10.1090/S0002-9904-1936-06390-1</a></span><span class="printonly">. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183499313">http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183499313</a></span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Instrumental+analysis&rft.jtitle=Bulletin+of+the+American+Mathematical+Society&rft.aulast=Bush&rft.aufirst=Vannevar&rft.au=Bush%2C+Vannevar&rft.date=1936&rft.volume=42&rft.issue=10&rft.pages=sid.%26nbsp%3B649%E2%80%93669&rft_id=info:doi/10.1090%2FS0002-9904-1936-06390-1&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fprojecteuclid.org%2Feuclid.bams%2F1183499313&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bit"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nist-9"><a href="#cite_ref-nist_9-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text">National Institute of Standards and Technology (2008), <i>Guide for the Use of the International System of Units</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/sp811.pdf">Online version.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bemer1962-10"><a href="#cite_ref-Bemer1962_10-0">^</a> <span class="reference-text"> <cite style="font-style:normal" class="" id="CITEREFBemerBuchholz1962">Bemer, RW; Buchholz, Werner (1962), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014651/http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/IBM/Stretch/pdfs/Buchholz_102636426.pdf">”4, Natural Data Units”</a>, i Buchholz, Werner (PDF), <i><span>Planning a Computer System – Project Stretch</span></i>, s. 39–40, arkiverad från <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/IBM/Stretch/pdfs/Buchholz_102636426.pdf">ursprungsadressen</a>  den 2017-04-03<span class="printonly">, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014651/http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/IBM/Stretch/pdfs/Buchholz_102636426.pdf">https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014651/http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/IBM/Stretch/pdfs/Buchholz_102636426.pdf</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">, läst 7 maj 2016</span></cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=4%2C+Natural+Data+Units&rft.atitle=Planning+a+Computer+System+%E2%80%93+Project+Stretch&rft.aulast=Bemer&rft.aufirst=RW&rft.au=Bemer%2C+RW&rft.au=Buchholz%2C+Werner&rft.date=1962&rft.pages=s.%26nbsp%3B39%E2%80%9340&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20170403014651%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Farchive.computerhistory.org%2Fresources%2Ftext%2FIBM%2FStretch%2Fpdfs%2FBuchholz_102636426.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bit"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="journal" id="CITEREFBemer1959">Bemer, RW (1959). ”A proposal for a generalized card code of 256 characters”. <i>Communications of the ACM</i> 2 (9): sid. 19–23. <a href="/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" title="Digital object identifier">doi</a>:<span class="neverexpand"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1145%2F368424.368435">10.1145/368424.368435</a></span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=A+proposal+for+a+generalized+card+code+of+256+characters&rft.jtitle=Communications+of+the+ACM&rft.aulast=Bemer&rft.aufirst=RW&rft.au=Bemer%2C+RW&rft.date=1959&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=9&rft.pages=sid.%26nbsp%3B19%E2%80%9323&rft_id=info:doi/10.1145%2F368424.368435&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bit"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Externa_länkar"><span id="Externa_l.C3.A4nkar"></span>Externa länkar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Redigera avsnitt: Externa länkar" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bit&action=edit&section=12" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Externa länkar"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Wiktionary_small.svg/20px-Wiktionary_small.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Wiktionary_small.svg/40px-Wiktionary_small.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="350" /></span></span> Wiktionary har ett uppslag om <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/bit" class="extiw" title="wikt:bit">bit</a>.<div class="interProject wiktionary" style="display:none;"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/bit" class="extiw" title="wikt:bit">Ordbok</a></div></li></ul> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.eqiad.main‐6df8dbf59d‐ck8rn Cached time: 20250329195422 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [show‐toc] CPU time usage: 0.191 seconds Real time usage: 0.351 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 5286/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 47173/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 15417/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 16/100 Expensive parser function count: 0/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 0/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 16698/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 0.007/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 940533/52428800 bytes Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 0/400 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 218.823 1 -total 37.92% 82.972 7 Mall:Citation/core 35.45% 77.576 3 Mall:Webbref 31.41% 68.725 3 Mall:Cite_web 12.05% 26.362 1 Mall:Multipler_av_bit 9.81% 21.461 1 Mall:N-bit 9.57% 20.947 1 Mall:Grundläggande_informationsenheter 8.95% 19.585 3 Mall:Tidskriftsref 7.35% 16.084 3 Mall:Cite_journal 7.31% 15.988 1 Mall:Vhp --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key svwiki:pcache:15773:|#|:idhash:canonical and timestamp 20250329195422 and revision id 55900772. 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