One byte is equal to 2 to the power of 8. Total 256. How to count combinations of bits?

Question

Electronics

256 combinations means that a block of one combination is equal to the alternation of zeros and ones of eight zeros and ones. For example / 00000111/ or /10101010/ . And how many such blocks of combinations will there be? 256: 8= 32 combination blocks or 256 combination blocks ? How many blocks of combinations are implied?
Or one byte is equal to 32 blocks of 8 combinations in block / 00000111 / , different similar combinations.
Or are there really 256 blocks like this /10101010/ like this /00110011/ like this /11111111/ or like this /00000001/ ?

Answer 1

Terrible terminology. The phrases "a byte is equal to 2 to the power of 8", "one byte is equal to 32 blocks of 8 combinations" are nonsense. Some blocks, combinations...
A byte is a unit of information storage. If a byte consists of 8 bits, then it can take on a value from 0 to 255, that is, one of 256 possible values. Everything.

Answer 2

Do you mean the number of permutations of a given number "1" in a given number of bits (for example, eight)?