Byte
A "byte" is the basic unit of measurement for information and storage capacity. A byte is made up of eight bits; it is a binary number with eight digits.
A byte can represent a total of 256 different characters and control characters; the meaning of each of these characters is determined in a character map.
Standard Units:
 | | Bit | | Byte | | KB | | MB | | GB | | 1 Bit | 1 | | | | | 1 Byte | 8 | 1 | | | | | 1 Kilobyte | 8,192 | 1,024 | 1 | | | | 1 Megabyte | 8,388,608 | 1,048,576 | 1,024 | 1 | | | 1 Gigabyte | 8 billion | 1,073,741,824 | 1,048,576 | 1,024 | 1 | | 1 Terabyte | 8 trillion | 1 trillion | 1,073,741,824 | 1,048,576 | 1,024 | | 1 Petabyte | 9 thousand trillion | 1 thousand trillion | 1 trillion | 1,073,741,824 | 1,048,576 | | 1 Exabyte | 8 quintillion | 1 quintillion | 1 thousand trillion | 1 trillion | 1,073,741,824 |
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