Data Storage

Capacity
Data storage capacity refers to
how much disk space one or more
storage devices provides. It
measures how much data a
computer system may contain. For
an example, a computer with a
500GB hard drive has a storage
capacity of 500 gigabytes.
What units of measurement are used
for data storage?
The smallest unit of measurement
used for measuring data is a bit. A
single bit can have a value of either 0
or 1.
A byte, or eight bits, is used as the
fundamental unit of measurement for
data. A byte can store 28 or 256
different values, which is sufficient to
represent standard ASCII characters,
such as letters, numbers and symbols.
 Unit Value Size
bit (b) 0 or 1 1/8 of a byte
byte (B) 8 bits 1 byte
kilobyte (KB) 10001 bytes 1,000 bytes
megabyte (MB) 10002 bytes 1,000,000 bytes
gigabyte (GB) 10003 bytes 1,000,000,000 bytes
terabyte (TB) 10004 bytes 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
petabyte (PB) 10005 bytes 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
exabyte (EB) 10006 bytes 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
zettabyte (ZB) 10007 bytes 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
yottabyte (YB) 10008 bytes 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
NOTE: A lowercase "b" is used as an abbreviation for bits, while an uppercase "B"
represents bytes. This is an important distinction, since a byte is 8x as large as a bit.
 Conversion:
1 Bit (b) = 0 or 1
1 Byte (B) = 8 Bits
1 Kilo Bytes (KB) = 1024 Bytes
1 Mega Bytes (MB) = 1024 KB
1 Giga Bytes (GB) = 1024 MB
1 Tera Bytes (TB) = 1024 GB
1 Peta Bytes (PB) = 1024 TB
2 GB = 2048 MB

1 GB = 1024 MB
 Convert the following:
5 Bytes = _____ Bits
2 Kilo Bytes (KB) = _____ Bytes
3 Mega Bytes (MB) = _____ KB
5 Giga Bytes (GB) = _____ MB
1.5 Tera Bytes (TB) = _____ GB
2.5 Peta Bytes (PB) = _____ TB
Even a very basic storage devices like a
floppy disc can storage over a
megabyte of data - that's over 1 million
letters or numbers!

And modern hard drives can store a

terabyte of data or more - that's more
words than you could type even if you
started now, and typed until your old
age!
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