Units

Question 1

What do computers use units for?

Answer 1

Computers use units for measuring data

Question 2

What are Bits?

Answer 2

A single binary digit (1 or 0). Bits are the smallest measure of data

Question 3

What does 1 represent?

Answer 3

1 is used to show that electricity is flowing

Question 4

What does 0 represent?

Answer 4

0 is used to represent that electricity is not flowing

Question 5

What is a nibble?

Answer 5

4 bits

Question 6

What is a byte(B)?

Answer 6

8 bits

Question 7

What is a kilobyte(KB)?

Answer 7

1000 bytes

Question 8

What is a megabyte(MB)?

Answer 8

1000 kilobytes

Question 9

What is a gigabyte(GB)?

Answer 9

1000 megabyte

Question 10

What is a terabyte(TB)?

Answer 10

1000 gigabytes

Question 11

What is a Petabyte(PB)?

Answer 11

1000 terabytes

Question 12

What is a byte used to store?

Answer 12

A byte is big enough to store one character (like x,e,m, £)

Question 13

What are KBs or MBs used to store?

Answer 13

Most files like songs, pictures, documents

Question 14

What are GBs used to store?

Answer 14

HD files and complex apps

Question 15

What a GBs and TBs used to store?

Answer 15

Secondary Storage capacity

Question 16

How many values can bits take?

Answer 16

one of two different values (1 or 0)

Question 17

How many values can Nibbles take?

Answer 17

2⁴=16 different values

Question 18

How many values can a byte take?

Answer 18

2⁸= 256 different values