What is the difference between byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte?

A digital unit of information is a unit used to measure the amount of data or information in a digital context. The fundamental unit of digital information is the bit, which can represent a binary value of 0 or 1. Digital information is often measured and expressed using larger units based on multiples of bits. The most common units include byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte.

Byte (B)

A byte is the basic unit of digital information. It consists of 8 bits, each of which can represent a binary value of 0 or 1. Bytes are used to measure small amounts of data, such as a single character in text.

Kilobyte (KB)

One kilobyte is equal to 1,024 bytes. It’s often used to measure small amounts of data, such as a small text document or a simple image.

Megabyte (MB)

One megabyte is equal to 1,024 kilobytes or 1,048,576 bytes. Megabytes are commonly used to measure the size of files like documents, images, and short videos.

Gigabyte (GB)

One gigabyte is equal to 1,024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes. Gigabytes are commonly used to express the size of larger files, such as movies, large software applications, and extensive datasets.

Terabyte (TB)

One terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes. Terabytes are used to measure very large amounts of data, such as the storage capacity of hard drives, servers, and data centers.

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