Bytes, Kilobytes and Megabytes
- 1 byte = 8 bits
Base 10 - Decimal System | Base 2 - Binary System | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1000 | 1 kilobyte | kB | 210 | 1024 | 1 024 bytes | KiB kibibytes |
10002 | 1 megabyte | MB | 220 | 10242 | 1 048 576 bytes | MiB mebibytes |
10003 | 1 gigabyte | GB | 230 | 10243 | 1 073 741 824 bytes | GiB gibibytes |
10004 | 1 terabyte | TB | 240 | 10244 | 1 099 511 627 776 bytes | TiB tebibytes |
10005 | 1 petabyte | PB | 250 | 10245 | 1 125 899 906 842 620 bytes | PiB pebibytes |
- 8 bits computers moves 1 byte
- 16 bits computers moves 2 bytes
- 32 bits computers moves 4 bytes
- 64 bits computers moves 8 bytes
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