all modern computers and
computer-based devices.</p>

<ul>
  <li><b>Bit</b>: The smallest unit in computers. It is either a 1 or a 0.</li>
  <li><b>Nibble</b>: Half a byte, or 4 bits. </li>
  <li><b>Byte</b>: 8 bits together form one byte, a number from 0 to 255. Bits in a byte are numbered starting from the right at 0.</li>
  <li><b>Short</b>: Two bytes put together are 16 bits, forming a number from 0 to 65535. The low byte is the rightmost eight bits.</li>
  <li><b>Big Endian</b>: Stores data big-end fir