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STORAGE UNITS IN COMPUTER

A unit of measure used to show how much information can be saved and kept on
a computer is called Storage Unit. Computer can store information in a form of
binary digits like 0 & 1.
The smallest storage unit is Bit (A single binary digit).
The following data storage units are as follows.
UNITS STORAGE CAPACITY
Bit Single binary digit (0&1)
Nibble 4 bits
Byte 8 bits
Kilobyte (KB) 1024 bytes
Megabyte (MB) 1024 KB
Gigabyte (GB) 1024 MB
Terabyte (TB) 1024 GB
Petabyte (PB) 1024 TB
Exabyte (EB) 1024 PB
Zettabyte (ZB) 1024 EB
Yottabyte (YB) 1024 ZB

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