Bits and Bytes:
Bits: 1 bit: A binary Decision Bytes: (8 Bits): 1 byte: A single character 10 bytes: A single word 100 bytes: A sentence Kilobyte: (1024 Bytes): 1 Kilobyte: A page of text 10 Kilobytes: The size of this web page 100 Kilobytes: A compressed computer image OR a long essay. Megabyte: (1024 Kilobyte): 1 Megabyte: A small novel OR a 3.5 inch floppy disk 2 Megabytes: A high resolution photograph 5 Megabytes: The complete works of Shakespeare 10 Megabytes: A minute of high-fidelity sound 100 Megabytes: 1 meter of shelved books 500 Megabytes: a CD-ROM Gigabyte: (1024 Megabyte): 1 Gigabyte: A symphony in high-fidelity sound OR a movie at TV quality 2Gigabytes: 20 meters of shelved books 10 Gigabytes: A good collection of the works of Beethoven 20 Gigabytes: A VHS tape used for digital data 50 Gigabytes: A floor of books 100 Gigabytes: A floor of academic journals Terabyte: (1024 Gigabyte): 1 Terabyte: 50000 trees made into paper: 2 Terabytes: An academic research library 10 Terabytes: The printed collection of the US Library of Congress: 100 Terabytes: The entire internet Petabyte: (1024 Terabyte): 1 Petabyte: 3 years of EOS (Earths Observing System) data 10 Petabytes: All US academic research libraries 100 Petabytes: All printed material Exabyte: (1024 Petabyte): 1 Exabyte: All words ever spoken by human beings Zettabyte: (1024 Exabyte): Yottabyte: (1024 Zettabyte): 1 Yottabyte: Everything that there is.
One minute of video equals approximatley 1.8 megabytes(MB) of storage space. 700 MB of memory is available on a CD and holds approximatley 350 minutes of video |