Understanding Data Storage: Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Computer Science

Download Understanding Data Storage: Terms and Definitions and more Quizzes Computer Science in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 1 DEFINITION 1 00000001 TERM 2 2 DEFINITION 2 00000010 TERM 3 3 DEFINITION 3 00000011 TERM 4 4 DEFINITION 4 00000100 TERM 5 5 DEFINITION 5 00000101 TERM 6 6 DEFINITION 6 00000110 TERM 7 7 DEFINITION 7 00000111 TERM 8 8 DEFINITION 8 00001000 TERM 9 9 DEFINITION 9 00001001 TERM 10 10 DEFINITION 10 00001010 TERM 21 21 DEFINITION 21 00010101 TERM 22 22 DEFINITION 22 00010110 TERM 23 23 DEFINITION 23 00010111 TERM 24 24 DEFINITION 24 00011000 TERM 25 25 DEFINITION 25 00011001 TERM 26 26 DEFINITION 26 00011010 TERM 27 27 DEFINITION 27 00011011 TERM 28 28 DEFINITION 28 00011100 TERM 29 29 DEFINITION 29 00011101 TERM 30 30 DEFINITION 30 00011110 TERM 31 bit DEFINITION 31 a unit of 12 12 cents (used only in even multiples). TERM 32 nibble DEFINITION 32 Half of an eight-bit byte - four bits. TERM 33 byte DEFINITION 33 a unit of storage that can hold a single character. On most of the modern computers, a byte is equal to 8 bits. TERM 34 megabyte DEFINITION 34 (1) When used to describe data storage, 1,048,576 (2 to the 20th power) bytes. TERM 35 gigabyte DEFINITION 35 2 to the 30th power bytes. One gigabyte is equal to 1,024 megabytes.