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A bit is the minimum amount of data existing in digital form. It is either true or false, 0 or 1. So, it has just two possible values. | A bit is the minimum amount of data existing in digital form. It is either true or false, 0 or 1. So, it has just two possible values. | ||
| − | A byte is the minimum amount of data that a computer can access. Usually 8 [[bit]]s are a byte, but it may vary on some systems. | + | A byte is the minimum amount of data that a computer can access. Usually 8 [[Byte|bit]]s are a byte, but it may vary on some systems. |
Multiples of bytes have different names: | Multiples of bytes have different names: | ||
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More information can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte Wikipedia's byte artcile]. | More information can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte Wikipedia's byte artcile]. | ||
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| + | Created by Jacobo221 on 11.11.05 at 16:27<br> | ||
| + | Updated by Vollstrecker on 23.01.08 at 17:56 | ||
Revision as of 17:57, 23 January 2008
A bit is the minimum amount of data existing in digital form. It is either true or false, 0 or 1. So, it has just two possible values.
A byte is the minimum amount of data that a computer can access. Usually 8 bits are a byte, but it may vary on some systems.
Multiples of bytes have different names:
- 1 bit
- 8 bits = 1 Byte (on most systems)
- 1024 bytes = 1 KiloByte (KBytes or KB or KiB)
- 1024*1024 bytes = 1024 KB = 1 MegaByte (MBytes or MB or MiB)
- 1024*1024*1024 bytes = 1024*1024 KB = 1024 MB = 1 GigaByte (GBytes or GB or GiB)
- 1024*1024*1024*1024 bytes = 1024*1024*1024 KB = 1024*1024 MB = 1024 GB = 1 TeraByte (TBytes or TB or TiB)
- 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 bytes = 1024*1024*1024*1024 KB = 1024*1024*1024 MB = 1024*1024 GB = 1024 TB = 1 PetaByte (PBytes or PB or PiB)
- 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 bytes = 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 KB = 1024*1024*1024*1024 MB = 1024*1024*1024 GB = 1024*1024 TB = 1024 PB = 1 ExaByte (EBytes or EB or EiB)
- 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 bytes = 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 KB = 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 MB = 1024*1024*1024*1024 GB = 1024*1024*1024 TB = 1024*1024 PB = 1024 EB = 1 ZettaByte (ZBytes or ZB or ZiB)
- 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 bytes = 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 KB = 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 MB = 1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 GB = 1024*1024*1024*1024 TB = 1024*1024*1024 PB = 1024*1024 EB = 1024 ZB = 1 YottaByte (YBytes or YB or YiB)
More information can be found at Wikipedia's byte artcile.
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Created by Jacobo221 on 11.11.05 at 16:27
Updated by Vollstrecker on 23.01.08 at 17:56
