When looking at a byte of information in binary, such as 11101100, what is the first bit on the left referred to as??

A. ?major significant bit (MSB)
B. least significant bit (LSB)
C. ?most significant bit (MSB)
D. ?leading significant bit (LSB)

Answer: C

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