Understanding Data Measurement Units (1)
Understanding Data Measurement Units (1)
The smallest unit of data, representing a binary A group of 8 bits. Bytes are commonly used to Approximately 1,000 bytes (1,024 bytes in
digit (0 or 1). Bits are fundamental to how measure the size of files and storage capacity. 1 computer terms). Kilobytes are used for small
computers store and process information. byte can represent a single character, number, files, such as text documents and simple
or symbol. images.
Approximately 1 million bytes (1,048,576 bytes). Approximately 1 billion bytes (1,073,741,824 Approximately 1 trillion bytes
Megabytes are used for medium-sized files, such bytes). Gigabytes are common for measuring (1,099,511,627,776 bytes). Terabytes are used
as high-resolution images, audio files, and small the storage capacity of hard drives, USB drives, for very large storage devices, such as large
video clips. and larger files like movies and software. external hard drives and server storage.