Chapter 10, Problem 1RQE

Each byte in memory is assigned a unique _____

Program Description Answer

Each byte in memory is allocated for the variable will have a unique “address”.

Explanation of Solution

Allocation of memory:

After declaring the variable, each variable holds a section or chunk of memory based on the data type which is declared.

Bytes allocated for different data type:

Bytes occupied by the available data types are listed below:

Data type	Byte allocated
char	1 byte
short	2 bytes
int	4 bytes
long	4 bytes
float	4 bytes
double	8 bytes

• Each byte in memory is allocated for a variable will be unique.
• The address of the variable can be obtained using an address of “&” operator.