Place the following members of the data hierarchy in the correct order:
A) bit - byte - field - record - database - file
B) bit - field - byte - record - file - database
C) byte - bit - record - field - database
D) bit - byte - field - record - file - database
E) bit - record - field - byte - file - database

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The correct order of the data hierarchy is:
Bit - Byte - Field - Record - File - Database.
A bit is the smallest unit of data in a computer system, followed by a byte which is 8 bits. A field is a collection of bytes that represents a characteristic of an entity. A record is a collection of fields that represent an entity. A file is a collection of records, and a database is a collection of related files.

Place the Following Members of the Data Hierarchy in the Correct