What are the differences between bit, byte, megabyes, gigabytes, and so on
These terms talk about size of data on hard drives, CD-ROMs, Floppies and other media.
Space | amount | |
1 bit | - | Binary Digit |
8 bits | - | 1 Byte |
1024 Bytes | - | 1 Kilobyte |
1024 Kilobytes | - | 1 Megabyte |
1024 Megabytes | - | 1 Gigabyte |
1024 Gigabytes | - | 1 Terabyte |
1024 Terabyte | - | 1 Petabyte |
1024 Petabyte | - | 1 Exabyte |
1024 Exabyte | - | 1 Zettabyte |
1024 Zettabyte | - | 1 Yottabyte |
1024 Yottabyte | - | 1 Brontobyte |
1024 Brontobyte | - | 1 Geopbyte |
These sizes are not exact.
Some Examples of sizes
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Floppy 3 1/2 disk - holds 1.4 megabytes of data
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CDR and CDRW - holds roughly 650 megabytes of data
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DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW - holds 4.5 gigabytes of data
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DVD+/-RW (Dual layer) - Holds 8 gigabytes of data