units

• binary:

  • a numbering system in which there are only two possible values for each digit: 0 and 1
  • a base 2 number system
• bit:

  • binary digit
  • the smallest unit of storage in a computer system, either a 0 or 1
• byte:

  • 8 bits
• nibble:

  • 4 bits
  • half a byte
• gb:

  • gigabyte
  • 1000 megabytes
• image file size:

  • the total size of an image on disk in bytes
• kb:

  • kilobyte
  • 1000 bytes
• mb:

  • megabyte
  • 1000 kilobytes
  • 1000000 bytes
• pb:

  • 1000 terabytes
• tb:

  • terabyte
  • 1000 gigabytes