3.1+hardware++Units+of+storage+(Kb+to+YB)

=Strand 3: IT Systems=

Units of storage

 * Here are the common Units used to describe memory storage **
 * 1024 || Kb || kilo ||
 * 10242 || Mb || mega ||
 * 10243 || GB || giga ||
 * 10244 || TB || tera ||
 * 10245 || P || peta ||
 * 10246 || E || exa ||
 * 10247 || Z || zeta ||
 * 10248 || Y || yota ||


 * Meanings of the words **

kilo, meaning 1000 (one thousand) Mega, meaning 1,000,000. (one million) Giga, meaning 1,000,000,000 (one billion) Tera, meaning 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) Zetta is made up of 1000 7 Yotta is made up of 1000 8


 * Explanation **

The smallest amount of data units is a bit. It holds the value of 1 and 0. Eight 1s and 0s will equal into a byte. It consisted of Eight bits due to the fact that early computers could only send Eight bits at a time so it was only logical to start with Eight bits equal a byte. A bit is represented with a lowercase "b," whereas a byte is represented with an uppercase "b" (B). So Kb is Kilobits and KB is Kilobytes. A Kilobyte is eight times larger than a Kilobit.