Thursday, 28 November 2013

All The Bytes

Byte

A byte is a unit of data which is 8 binary digits long.
a byte is what most computers use to represent a character
such as a letter.

Nibble

A nibble is half of a byte, this means it is 4 bits instead of 8.

 Bit

A bit is the smallest unit of memory on the computer, it
is 1 bit.

Keyword Description

byte Bytes
kb kilobyte Kilobyte = 1,000 bytes
mb megabyte Megabyte = 1,000,000 bytes
gb gigabyte Gigabyte = 1,000,000,000 bytes
tb terabyte Terabyte = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
pb petabyte Petabyte = 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
eb Exabyte Exabyte = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes

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