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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Computer Memory Units


Followings are basic computer memory units:
  • Bit - A Binary digit (Bit) is a smallest computer memory unit. It can hold 0 and 1.
  • Byte - Collection of 8 bits is called a Byte.


Symbols used in Computer Memory Units


Symbol
Prefix Name
Decimal Value
Binary Value
k
kilo
1000 
210 = 10241
M
mega
10002
220 = 10242
G
giga
10003
230 = 10243
T
tera
10004
240 = 10244
P
peta
10005
250 = 10245
E
exa
10006
260 = 10246
Z
zetta
10007
270 = 10247
Y
yotta
10008
280 = 10248

Memory Units Short forms
  • Byte = B
  • Kilobyte = KB
  • Megabytes = MB
  • Gigabytes = GB
  • Terabytes = TB
  • Petabytes = PB

Memory Units Conversion

Units
Conversion
 1 Byte
8 Bits 
 1 KB
1024 Bytes 
 1 MB
1024 KB 
 1 GB
1024 MB 
 1 TB
1024 GB 
 1 PB
1024 TB 

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