MS Technology Vocabulary Byte
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Thasos Athens
January 2009
Computer 7-7
Byte
A byte is a basic unit of storage/memory or measurement, used in computers, most often composed of 8 bits. A bit is a unit of binary information having just 2 values, 0 or 1, yes or no, on or off, it is a blend of binary digits. There are different names for different amounts of bytes, such as-
• 1,000 bytes are a kilobyte
• 1,000,000 bytes are a megabyte
• 1,000,000,000 bytes are a gigabyte
• 1,000,000,000,000 bytes are a terabyte
Revised by: Imaan Meghani, Class of '16-Grammar Corrections
