Introduction

Computers are there in our everyday life. So is in work place. No Banking in todays time can happen without Computer Programs. It is highly essential for a bank employee to have a thorough knowledge about Computers and its various applicaitons. The Government and Bank PO jobs entrance exam has Compuuter Knowledge as a compusory criteria to pass and get the job. Laqshya brings you free of cost Text Notes so that you can prepare in a best possible manner and understand the Computers Subject in depth. Moreover, we had also published a full fledged Computers Glossary on this website.

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What you will learn

Our Main goal is to make Computers easy for every student to understand. In this section you will learn :

• Computers indepth Knowledge
• Improve your skills in definitions
• Glossary to understand every word and its meaning
• Became an exeprt in limited time

1.      BIT , BYTE & WORD

A Binary digit (BIT) (0 or 1) is called bit. One bit Occupies one store location. A group or combination of 8 bits is called a BYTE. A Computer word is a combination of one or more bytes handled together as one unit for processing and may thus be of 8, 16, 32 or 64 bits. The length of word varies from machine to machine but is predetermine for each machine.

In some computers, the grouping of bits, bytes or words is flexible in design to meet the differing storage requirements of numbers, alphanumeric characters and instructions.

A computer reads and processes all the bits of the word at a time.

 

 

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