2.3.1: understand that data storage is measured in binary multiples (bit, nibble, byte, kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, tebibyte) and be able to construct expressions to calculate file sizes and data capacity requirements
Keyword | Definition |
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bit | individual 0 or 1 |
byte | 8 bits |
gibibyte | 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes |
gigabyte | 1,000,000,000 bytes |
kibibyte | 1024 bytes |
kilobyte | 1,000 bytes |
mebibyte | 1024 x 1024 bytes |
megabyte | 1,000,000 bytes |
nibble | 4 bits |
tebibyte | 1024 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes |
terabyte | 1,000,000,000,000 bytes |