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Storage Capacities. Term Equals Bytes ( Actual ) Power Byte 1 character 1 Kilobyte 1 , 024 bytes 1 , 024 2 10 Megabyte 1 , 024 kilobytes 1 , 048 , 576 2 20 Gigabyte 1 , 024 megabytes 1 , 073 , 741 , 824 2 30 Terabyte 1 , 024 gigabytes 1 , 099 , 511 , 627 , 776 2 40
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Storage Capacities TermEqualsBytes (Actual)Power Byte 1 character 1 Kilobyte 1,024 bytes 1,024 210 Megabyte 1,024 kilobytes 1,048,576 220 Gigabyte 1,024 megabytes 1,073,741,824 230 Terabyte 1,024 gigabytes 1,099,511,627,776 240 Petabyte 1,024 terabytes 1,125,899,906,842,624 250 Exabyte 1,024 petabytes 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 260 Zettabyte1,024 exabytes 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424270 Yottabyte1,024 zettabytes 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 280 *Byte: Storage space on disk or in memory for one character, such as the letter A, the number 1, or the symbol $
Storage Capacities Term & Abbreviation(s)Bytes (Approximate)One Kilobyte(K or KB) 1,000 Thousand Megabyte(M or MB or megs) 1,000,000 Million Gigabyte(G or GB or gigs)1,000,000,000 Billion Terabyte(TB) 1,000,000,000,000 Trillion Petabyte(PB) 1,000,000,000,000,000 Quadrillion Exabyte(EB) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 Quintillion Zettabyte (ZB) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Sextillion Yottabyte (YB) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Septillion *Byte: Storage space on disk or in memory for one character, such as the letter A, the number 1, or the symbol $
Examples 1 Page Report ~3,500 bytes (or ~3,500 characters) 10 Page Report ~35,000 bytes, or ~35 KB Floppy Disk 1.44 MB ~300-400 pages CD ~650 MB ~195,000 pages DVD ~4.7 GB ~1,500,000 pages Dual Layer DVD ~8.5 GB ~2,600,000 pages DS DL DVD ~17 GB ~5,200,000 pages USB Flash Drive (32 KB to) 16 GB ~5,000,000 pages Hard Disk 350 GB ~107,000,000 pages RAM 1-3 GB ~300,000-900,000 pages
