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Data Sizes
Data is stored in Binary - all data sizes build up from there.

The smallest binary size is a bit. 1 bit is the space it takes to store a 1 or a 0.
Size Name
Equivalent
What you can fit in it.
1 Bit
Store a single 1 or 0 (in binary)
A Nibble (started as a joke but is used)4 bits or half a biteFour 1's or 0's
1 Byte 8 bits (2 nibbles)Eight 1's or 0's, 1 letter using Ascii
1 Kilobyte (1KB)1024 bytes 128 letters or roughly 25 words (assuming no formatting)
1 Megabyte (1MB)1024 KB  or (1024 * 1024) bytes (1024^2)
Roughly 1 minute of a song saved as an MP3, a small jpg image
1 Gigabyte (1GB)1024 MB or
(1024 * 1024 * 1024) bytes (1024^3)
Roughly 8.5 mins of  Netflix Ultra HD streaming, or 1 episode of standard quality, or 330 songs in MP3 format
1 Terrabyte (1TB)1024 GB or 1024^4 BytesRoughly 310,000 photos (jpg) , 250 movies
1 Petabyte (1PB)1024 TBRoughly 2 months of non stop 1080P HD video. Steam delivers 16 PB of data to American Users each week
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