After reading about computer crashes and other hacks online, I want a Western Digtal “Portable External Hard Drive“. Later on tonight, I will probably visit my local Staples store to purchase one.
Since I don’t need lots of storage, I want a 1TB. But I asked myself:
Which is bigger gigabyte terabyte megabyte kilobyte?
The sequence in memory size is
8 bits = 1 byte
1,024 bytes = 1 kilobyte
1,024 kilobytes = 1 megabyte
1,024 megabytes = 1 gigabyte
1,024 gigabytes = 1 terabyte
1,024 terabytes = 1 petabyte
…. and we haven’t yet come to need to use the next stage, which will be
1,024 petabytes = 1 exabyte
Kilo means one thousand.
Mega means one million.
Giga means one billion.
Tera means one trillion.
Peta means one quadrillion, not “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals“.
Exa means one quintillion.
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