Introduction - Amazon Web Services

A bit is the smallest size of data and reflects a choice between 0 and 1. Byte is a collection of bits (e.g., 1 Byte = 8 bit). Raster bit depths with increasing file size from top to bottom: 1-bit unsigned integer (0 or 1).2-bit unsigned integer (0-3).4-bit unsigned integer (0-15).8-bit unsigned integer (0-255).8-bit signed integer (-128-127).16-bit unsigned integer (0-65,535).16-bit signed ... ................
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