[Translation] Travel of byte of data in time

In process of emergence of more and more fast and perfect data carriers ways of preservation of byte of data on them change also. The byte — is unit of digital information consisting of eight bits. The bit, in turn, represents already minimum unit and can be expressed as logical 0 or 1. During article groups of bits of the different size as the number of bits in byte depends on architecture data carriers will meet and eventually changed. As the first and simplest example it is possible to take punched tapes where the bit of data was stored in a type of existence or lack of a hole in...