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and then checked or corrected when the data is read or received.

The symbol for the binary digit is either "bit", per the IEC 80000-13:2008 standard, or the lowercase character "b", per the IEEE 1541-2002 standard. Use of the latter may create confusion with the capital "B", which is the international standard symbol for the byte.

History

Ralph Hartley suggested the use of a logarithmic measure of information

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