Units of data and storage and binary numbers

Question 1

What is it called when things in a computer are represented by 1s and 0s?

Answer 1

Binary

Question 2

What are the binary digits?

Answer 2

1 and 0

Question 3

What is a shortened name for binary digit?

Answer 3

A bit

Question 4

How many bits make a byte?

Answer 4

8

Question 5

What is half a byte or 4 bits called?

Answer 5

A nibble

Question 6

What is the smallest addressable unit of memory in a computer?

Answer 6

The byte

Question 7

how many bytes make a kilobyte?

Answer 7

1000 bytes

Question 8

how many bytes are in a kibibyte?

Answer 8

1024 bytes

Question 9

How many bytes are in a mebibyte?

Answer 9

1,048,576 bytes

Question 10

Convert 5600MB to GB?

Answer 10

5.6GB

Question 11

Convert 700TB into GB?

Answer 11

700,000GB

Question 12

Why do computers use the binary system?

Answer 12

To store numbers and preform binary arithmetic and logic operations.

Question 13

What is secondary storage usually measured in today?

Answer 13

TB or terabytes

Question 14

What are vast computers in universities and industrial applications usually measured in?

Answer 14

PB or petabytes

Question 15

What is the brains memory capacity?

Answer 15

2.5 petabytes