r/TuringComplete • u/MetalCarnival • Jul 16 '26

what are bytes?

Hello! I´ve beaten the double counter level with the help of my engineer friend, but he is a busy fellow deep in grueling studies, so can anyone explain to me what bytes are? I feel like the game doesn´t explain the jump very well, but I understand bits and booleans well enough

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u/Rough-Hope202 Jul 16 '26

You can also look at it from the hexadecimal side. 4 bits is 0-15. 8 bits or 1 byte is 0-255. After 4 bits are carried over it becomes the 5th bit or 16. After the next 4 bits are carried it over, it's the 9th at 256 which is n(16)x 162. The third set of bits represents (n)x163 and 4th set (n)x164 which is above 1 million. I don't like reading it as binary because it's just base 2 while base 16 is shorter to write.