TinkerHardware Price List 2025: 691 bytes.691 B of 691 B
Chapter 1 of 7
Counting the bytes
Larkspur Supply Co. sends its price list and pictures to every warehouse each night, and the line is slow. First, count what a file holds.
This chapter: What is a file made of, and where could it be smaller?
About this chapter
You will learn
- A file is a row of bytes
- Some bytes are far more common than others
- Common bytes are what compression feeds on
Words you’ll meet
- Byte
- A number from 0 to 255, eight bits; plain English text spends one per letter.
- Bit
- A single 0 or 1, the smallest piece a file is made of.
Step 1 of 4
Each letter of the price list is one : eight , a number from 0 to 255.
Predict how common the commonest byte is.