IF01010
HARD DISK DRIVE SIZES
The capacity of a computer
hard disk drives and the files it contains can be confusing. Below is a
listing of the standards in different size values. It is important to realize
that not all manufacturers and developers use these values. For example, a
manufacturer may consider a gigabyte as the value of a
gibibyte.
|
Bit |
Value of 0 or 1 |
|
Nibble |
4
Bits |
|
Byte |
8 Bits |
|
Kilobit |
1,000 bits |
|
Kilobyte |
1,000 bytes |
|
Kibibit
|
1,024 bits |
|
Kibibyte
|
1,024 bytes |
|
Mebibit
|
1,048,576 bits |
|
Mebibyte
|
1,048,576 bytes |
|
Megabit |
1,000,000 bits |
|
Megabyte |
1,000,000 bytes |
|
Gibibit |
1,073,741,824 bits |
|
Gibibyte |
1,073,741,824 bytes |
|
Gigabyte |
1,000,000,000 bytes |
|
Gigabit |
1,000,000,000 bits |
|
Tebibit |
1,099,511,627,776 bits |
|
Tebibyte
|
1,099,511,627,776 bytes |
|
Terabyte |
1,000,000,000,000 bytes
|
|
Terabit |
1,000,000,000,000 bits
|
|
Pebibit |
1,125,899,906,842,624
bits |
|
Pebibyte
|
1,125,899,906,842,624
bytes |
|
Petabit
|
1,000,000,000,000,000
bits |
|
Petabyte |
1,000,000,000,000,000
bytes |
|
Exabyte |
1018 bytes |
|
Exabit |
1018 bits |
|
Exbibit |
260 bits |
|
Exbibyte
|
260 bytes |
|
Zettabyte |
1021 bytes |
|
Yottabyte |
1024 bytes |
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