Technology Units of Measurement

The smallest unit of information (either a “0” or a “1”) that can be handled by a computer or by any other electronic device.

• Megabyte (MB)

• Kilobyte (KB)

• Byte

• Bit

A set of 8 bits that means something to the computer, like a letter, number, or punctuation mark.

• Byte

• Bit

• Kilobyte (KB)

• Gigabyte (GB)

One thousand (1,000) bytes.

• Megabyte (MB)

• Kilobyte (KB)

• Gigabyte (GB)

• Terabyte (TB)

One million (1,000,000) bytes.

• Kilobyte (KB)

• Gigabyte (GB)

• Megabyte (MB)

• Terabyte (TB)

One billion (1,000,000,000) bytes.

• Kilobyte (KB)

• Megabyte (MB)

• Gigabyte (GB)

• Terabyte (TB)

One trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes.

• Kilobyte (KB)

• Gigabyte (GB)

• Megabyte (MB)

• Terabyte (TB)

Holds 700 MB (megabytes).

• DVD (Digital Video Disc)

• Flash Drive

• Hard Drive

• CD (Compact Disc)

Holds 4.7 GB (gigabytes).

• DVD (Digital Video Disc)

• Flash Drive

• CD (Compact Disc)

• Hard Drive

Typically holds 32 or 64 GB (gigabytes).

• DVD (Digital Video Disc)

• Hard Drive

• CD (Compact Disc)

• Flash Drive

Typically holds between 250 GB (gigabytes) and 1 TB (terabyte).

• CD (Compact Disc)

• Hard Drive

• DVD (Digital Video Disc)

• Flash Drive