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Computational Measures

  • Bit smallest computational unit, only use two values. (ex: 0 or 1)
  • Byte composed of 8 bits, enough to show a simple and unique character. ASCII

Kb, Mb, Gb, Tb

1 Kilobit 1000 bits
1 Megabit 1000 Kilobits
1 Gigabit 1000 Megabits
1 Terabit 1000 Gigabits

Kib, Mib, Gib, Tib

1 Kibibits 1024 Bits
1 Mebibits 1024 Kibibits
1 Gibibits 1024 Mebibits
1 Tebibits 1024 Gibibits

KB, MB, GB, TB

1 Kilobyte 1000 Bytes
1 MegaByte 1000 KiloBytes
1 GigaByte 1000 MegaBytes
1 TeraByte 1000 GigaBytes

KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB

1 Kibibyte 1024 Bytes
1 Mebibyte 1024 KibiBytes
1 Gibibyte 1024 MibiBytes
1 Tebibyte 1024 GibiBytes
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