Basic Units of Data
Storage are as follows:
Bit:
Computer use binary digits to perform its function.
These binary digits are in the form of 0s and 1s.
A binary Digit is called a bit.
One bit takes one storage location in the memory.
It is the smallest unit for data storage.
Byte:
Byte is a collection of 8 bits.
It is used to store a single character.
The capacity of the memory or the storage is expressed in
terms of bytes.
Kilobyte:
A kilobyte consists of 1024 bytes
It is denoted as KB
Megabyte
A megabyte consists of 1024 killobytes.
It is denoted by MB.
Gigabyte:
A gigabyte consists of 1024 megabytes
It is denoted by GB.
Terabyte:
A terbyte consists of 1024 gigabytes
It is denoted by TB
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