I didnt understand this because 2^32 is 4 giga bits not bytes right ? since 2^2 * 1024* 1024* 1024 bits right ? Am I wrong ?
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I didnt understand this because 2^32 is 4 giga bits not bytes right ? since 2^2 * 1024* 1024* 1024 bits right ? Am I wrong ?
The smallest individually addressable unit of memory is a byte. Bits don’t have addresses. You have to read a byte or more and then do bit masking and such to get at the individual bits.