Short Integers

A word

Which is a group of 16 contiguous bits or 2 bytes, is used to represent a natural number
As we have studied, the maximum numeric value that can fit in a word is 65535
Since the Byte is used only to represent a character, whenever you plan to use a number in your program, the minimum [...]

Representing a Byte

(Image-1) Byte
 

A byte

Is a group of eight consecutive bits (Image-1)
The bits are counted from right to left starting at 0
Is considered as being made of two nibbles (Image-2)

 The most right bit

Is bit 0
It is called the least significant bit
It is also referred to as the Low Order bit, the LO bit, or LOBIT

The most left [...]