1.3 Compare and Contrast common units of measure

Question 1

Bit

Answer 1

smaller then bytes

Question 2

Byte

Answer 2

a group of binary digest, 8 bits

Question 3

(KB)

Answer 3

Kilobyte 1024 bytes

Question 4

(MB)

Answer 4

Megabyte
1024 kilobytes

Question 5

(GB)

Answer 5

Gigabyte, one billion bytes
1024 Megabytes

Question 6

(TB)

Answer 6

Terabyte
1024 Gigabytes

Question 7

(PB)

Answer 7

Petabyte,
1024 Terabytes

Question 8

(bps)

Answer 8

Bits per second

Question 9

(Kbps)

Answer 9

Kilobits per second
One thousand (1,000) bits per second.

Question 10

(Mbps)

Answer 10

Megabits per second
One million (1,000,000) bits per second.

Question 11

(Gbps)

Answer 11

Gigabits per second
One billion (1,000,000,000) bits per second

Question 12

(Tbps)

Answer 12

Terabytes per second One trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bits per second.

Question 13

(MHz)

Answer 13

Megahertz
which means 1 million cycles per second

Question 14

(GHz)

Answer 14

Gigahertz
1 billion cycles per second.

Question 15

Order low to high

Answer 15

As we keep multiplying up to 1024 kilobytes, we get to the next storage unit: megabytes (MB). After megabytes come gigabytes (GB), then terabytes (TB), followed by petabytes (PB), exabytes (EB), and yottabytes (YB).