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1 Bit is either a 1 or a 0 in the binary language of computers, representative of an electric pulse or lack thereof in a computer Circuit . 1 Byte is 8 Bits - Equal to one character, such as a letter or number. 1 Kilobyte is 1,024 Bytes - An example of a file this size would be a document with roughly 200 words. 1 Megabyte is 1,024 Kilobytes - An example of a file this size would be a document with roughly 200,000 words, a very small MP3 audio file, or a short, well compressed video clip. 1 Gigabyte is 1,024 Megabytes - Older computer systems rarely had more than one Gigabyte of Hard Drive space. One can roughly hold 200 - 300 MP3 files, or a well compressed movie. Further size names include Terabyte , Petabyte , and Exabyte . |
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