Units  

    Units of storage in computer terms can vary greatly.  The smallest is the Bit, going all of the way up to the Terabytes.  A Bit is one binary number (computer language).  Binary numbers are either "1's" or "0's."  A Byte is one letter (A, B, C, etc.).  A Byte can be 2-10 bits, depending on how many binary numbers it takes to make the letter.  A Kilobyte is one thousand bytes.  A Megabyte is one thousand Kilobytes.  A Gigabyte is one thousand Megabytes.  A Gigabyte is what we normally use today when we talk about computer storage.  But, in the future, we will be talking about the Terabytes; one thousand Gigabytes.  A Terabytes can be 2 - 10 trillion Bits. Click here to go to Hard Drives! Click here to go back to Computer World