Question

Which statement below correctly differentiates between frames and bits? Frames have more information in them than bits. Frames are more basic units of data than bits. Frames are made up of bits but not vice versa. Frames have less information than bits have.

Answer 1

Frames have more information in them than bits.

Frames are made up of bits but not vice versa.


A bit (BInary digiT) is the basic unit of digital. It can be 0 (logical false, off) or 1 (not logical false - true, on). Four bits are in a nybble, which can have a value of 0 - 15, eight bits are in a byte which can have a value of 0 - 255. Words vary in size, they consist of multiple bytes and are generally correlated with the system's data bus/processor data width (a 64 bit system has an 8 byte word).

Answer 2

Frames have more information in them than bits

Frames are made up of bits but not vice-versa.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the networking world, a frame is a formatted sequence of bits that carry information in them. It is the data protocol unit of the data-link layer of the OSI model. A frame contains about 48 bits. It could be more depending on the type of frame. Groups of bits in a frame carry specific information and perform specific tasks. Some of these bits are;

(i) synchronization bits, which indicate the beginning and the end of the stream of data that is being received at the layer.

(ii) packet payload bits, which are the actual data being transferred. They also contain certain information about the data such as the source and the destination of the data.

(iii) frame sequence check, which is used for detecting errors.

A bit on the other hand is the smallest unit of the data being transmitted in the network. A single bit can hold a single information.

Therefore, a frame has more information that a bit and a frame is made up of one or more bits.