Binary Flashcards
1
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Bit (Binary)
A
The basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. Consists of 0 or 1 only.
2
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Nibble
A
Nibble contains 4 bits. There are sixteen possible values. It corresponds to a single hexadecimal digit.
3
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Byte
A
Contains eight bits - the number of bits required to encode a single character of text.
4
Q
Kilobyte
A
2^10 (or 1,000 bytes)
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Megabyte
A
2^20 (or 1,000 kilobytes)
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Gigabyte
A
2^30 (or 1,000 megabytes)
7
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Terabyte
A
2^40 (or 1,000 gigabytes)
8
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Kibibyte
A
2^10 (or 1,024 bytes)
9
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Mebibyte
A
2^30 (or 1,024 kibibytes)
