ocr: Bytes are also numbers. Bytes can be numbers as well as letters. When a byte is a number, the combination of lit bits tells the computer Hhat number it is. HOH does a computer knoH if a bit is a number or a letter? The programmer tells it. - 1 2 Page - 9 Copyright C, 1991, Chester Langin, 532 W. 3rd St., Centralia, IL 62801, All rights reserved.