Compilers/Interpreters/Bits and Bytes

• The job of a compiler is to convert the entire program into binary all at once

• Interpreters translate lines into binary once at a time 

• Bits are units of binary, such as ones and zeroes 

• Bytes are units of memory, such as a gigabyte

• 0 is a bit; 1 is also a bit

• Every character on the keyboard including space are represented by bits/1's and 0's