Distinguish between bit and byte?​

By its simplest definition, a bit is just a smaller unit of information than a byte. ... There are eight bits in one byte of information. Alternately, and more commonly in modern connotations, bits (and their successively larger relatives, such as kilobits, megabits and gigabits) are used to measure rates of data transfer.

So, bits and bytes are both units of data, but what is the actual difference between them? One byte is equivalent to eight bits. A bit is considered to be the smallest unit of data measurement. ... Computers also send and receive data as ones and zeroes—bits.