Digital information

Single binary flag

A single binary flag is a data unit that can represent one of two possible states, such as true or false.

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0.125 B of data

Data volume · specified

Scale illustration of Single binary flag, calibrated to its data volume measurement.
The marked data volume represents 0.125 B.

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ASCII character is about 8 times larger on this measurement.

ASCII character: An ASCII character is a letter, digit, punctuation mark or control code encoded using the American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

Linear measure
BYTES OF DATA0.125 B1 B
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Single binary flag0.125 BData volume
Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
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Single binary flag

A curated single binary flag comparison anchor. The representative value and any stated range preserve the backlog measurement convention; operating or experimental conditions can change real observations.

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The marked data volume is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.

ASCII character

One ASCII character stored as one byte. UTF-8 characters can occupy more than one byte.

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The marked data is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.

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Why we use 0.125 B

For comparison, this page uses data volume. The record labels this value specified, so the stated convention rather than an inferred average controls the comparison.

A curated single binary flag comparison anchor. The representative value and any stated range preserve the backlog measurement convention; operating or experimental conditions can change real observations.

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Single binary flag dimensions and measurements

PropertySelected valueRecorded rangeBasis
0.125 BNot recordedspecified

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