Units of Information Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Bit
A
Fundamental unit of information
Can only take 1 or 0
Denoted by b (lower case)
2
Q
What is a Byte
A
8 bits
Small unit of addressable memory
Denoted by B
3
Q
What is a Nibble
A
4 bits
4
Q
Formula for amount of values that can be represented
A
2 to the power of n
n is the number of bits
5
Q
What is a Kibibyte
A
2^10 bits
Denoted by Ki
6
Q
What is a Mebibyte
A
2^20
Denoted by Mi
7
Q
What is a Gibibyte
A
2^30
Denoted by Gi
8
Q
What is a Tebibyte
A
2^40
Denoted by Ti
9
Q
What is a Kilobyte
A
10^3 bytes
Denoted by K
10
Q
What is a Megabyte
A
10^6 bytes
Denoted by M
11
Q
What is a Gigabyte
A
10^9 bytes
Denoted by G
12
Q
What is a Terabyte
A
10^12 bytes
Denoted by T
