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About these units

Byte (B)

A byte consists of 8 bits, forming the standard grouping used in computing for representing characters, numbers, and machine instructions. This 8-bit size became dominant due to hardware design choices in early microprocessors, especially the IBM System/360 architecture. Bytes allow computers to represent values from 0 to 255, enabling ASCII encoding, color values, file metadata, and vast amounts of structured data. The byte is the basis for nearly all storage units—kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes—and remains the fundamental digital "counting unit" for memory, disk space, and network transfers.

Megabyte (MB)

A megabyte is traditionally 1,048,576 bytes (2²⁰), though storage manufacturers sometimes use the decimal version of 1,000,000 bytes. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, megabytes represented substantial storage: early PCs had 256 kB or 512 kB of RAM, and hard drives with 10–40 MB were considered spacious. Software developers worked within tight memory budgets, optimizing every byte. Megabytes remain relevant today for file sizes such as images, audio files, small binaries, and executable programs. They mark a transitional era when computing moved from kilobytes to the far larger storage capacities we now expect.

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Byte [B] ↔ Bit [b]
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Byte [B] ↔ Kilobyte [kB]
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Byte [B] ↔ Megabyte [MB]
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Byte [B] ↔ Gigabyte [GB]
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Byte [B] ↔ Terabyte [TB]
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Byte [B] ↔ Kilobit [kb]
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Byte [B] ↔ Megabit [Mb]
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Byte [B] ↔ Gigabit [Gb]
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Byte [B] ↔ Petabyte [PB]
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Byte [B] ↔ Nibble [nibble]
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Byte [B] ↔ Character [character]
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Byte [B] ↔ Word [word]
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Byte [B] ↔ MAPM-Word [MAPM-word]
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Byte [B] ↔ Quadruple-Word [quad-word]
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Byte [B] ↔ Block [block]
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Byte [B] ↔ Kilobyte (10^3 bytes) [kB (10^3)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Megabyte (10^6 bytes) [MB (10^6)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Gigabyte (10^9 bytes) [GB (10^9)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Terabyte (10^12 bytes) [TB (10^12)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Petabyte (10^15 bytes) [PB (10^15)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Exabit [Eb]
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Byte [B] ↔ Exabyte [EB]
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Byte [B] ↔ Exabyte (10^18 bytes) [EB (10^18)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Floppy Disk (3.5", DD) [floppy (3.5" DD)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Floppy Disk (3.5", HD) [floppy (3.5" HD)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Floppy Disk (3.5", ED) [floppy (3.5" ED)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Floppy Disk (5.25", DD) [floppy (5.25" DD)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Floppy Disk (5.25", HD) [floppy (5.25" HD)]
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Byte [B] ↔ Zip 100 [Zip 100]
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Byte [B] ↔ Zip 250 [Zip 250]
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Byte [B] ↔ Jaz 1GB [Jaz 1GB]
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Byte [B] ↔ Jaz 2GB [Jaz 2GB]
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Byte [B] ↔ CD (74 minute) [CD (74 min)]
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Byte [B] ↔ CD (80 minute) [CD (80 min)]
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Byte [B] ↔ DVD (1 layer, 1 side) [DVD (1L, 1S)]
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Byte [B] ↔ DVD (2 layer, 1 side) [DVD (2L, 1S)]
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Byte [B] ↔ DVD (1 layer, 2 side) [DVD (1L, 2S)]
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Byte [B] ↔ DVD (2 layer, 2 side) [DVD (2L, 2S)]
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