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About these units
Gigabyte (GB)
A gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes (2³⁰) in binary notation, or 1,000,000,000 bytes in decimal form. Gigabytes serve as one of the most common units of modern computing: RAM capacities, smartphone storage, software downloads, and video file sizes frequently range from a few GB to dozens of gigabytes. The gigabyte era represented a massive shift in capability—allowing high-resolution multimedia, complex software, virtual machines, and databases to flourish. While once enormous, gigabytes are now considered routine, illustrating the exponential growth of digital storage.
Floppy Disk (3.5", DD) (floppy (3.5" DD))
The 3.5-inch Double Density (DD) floppy disk typically held 720 KB of data and represented the evolution from earlier, more fragile 5.25-inch formats. Encased in a rigid plastic shell, 3.5" floppies provided improved durability, portability, and reliability. DD floppies became widely used in the late 1980s, particularly on early Macintosh and IBM-compatible computers. They were ideal for document storage, small software programs, and system utilities. Their limited capacity symbolized the constraints of early personal computing, forcing developers to design highly compact code and carefully manage file size. Despite their modest storage, DD floppies played a crucial role in early software distribution and data portability.