<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In computer architecture, 8 - bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 8 bits (1 octet) wide . Also, 8 - bit CPU and ALU architectures are those that are based on registers, address buses, or data buses of that size . 8 - bit is also a generation of microcomputers in which 8 - bit microprocessors were the norm . </P> <P> The IBM System / 360 introduced byte - addressable memory with 8 - bit bytes, as opposed to bit - addressable or decimal digit - addressable or word - addressable memory, although its general purpose registers were 32 bits wide, and addresses were contained in the lower 24 bits of those addresses . Different models of System / 360 had different internal data path widths; the IBM System / 360 Model 30 (1965) implemented the 32 - bit System / 360 architecture, but had an 8 bit native path width, and performed 32 - bit arithmetic 8 bits at a time . </P>

What is equal to 8 memory locations called bits