Bit measurement

[DNR]

Bit Value of 0 or 1
Nibble 4 Bits
Byte 8 Bits
Word 16 bits
Long 32 bits
Kilobit 1,000 bits
Kilobyte 1,000 bytes
Kibibit 1,024 bits
Kibibyte 1,024 bytes
Mebibit 1,048,576 bits
Mebibyte 1,048,576 bytes
Megabit 1,000,000 bits
Megabyte 1,000,000 bytes
Gibibit 1,073,741,824 bits
Gibibyte 1,073,741,824 bytes
Gigabyte 1,000,000,000 bytes
Gigabit 1,000,000,000 bits
Tebibit 1,099,511,627,776 bits
Tebibyte 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
Terabyte 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
Terabit 1,000,000,000,000 bits
Pebibit 1,125,899,906,842,624 bits
Pebibyte 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes
Petabit 1,000,000,000,000,000 bits
Petabyte 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
Exabyte 1018 bytes
Exabit 1018 bits
Exbibit 260 bits
Exbibyte 260 bytes
Zettabyte 1021 bytes
Yottabyte 1024 bytes

Thought it was a neat quick reference to paste in any guide..

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[Still_Learning]

Yeah that is good info to have, I dont think i would ever remeber all of that stuff, this is actully in chapter 1 of my school book as well but we dont need to know all the way to Yottabyte, in fact thats the first time ive ever heard of one lol good info thanks

*copy and pasted to HD for later use*

[floodhound2]

also a few others

Word = 16 bits
Long = 32 bits

Oh hell I guess it depends on the compiler and the processor. Nice ref material DNR.

[DNR]

cool floodie, I put it in the list and it fits!
I actually heard of Long but not Word..

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[f4Gg0t_43]

I think you got the last couple wrong, a yottabyte for example is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yottabyte

Good guide btw

EDIT: Also this is kinda interesting:

As of 2008, no computer has yet achieved one yottabyte of storage. In fact, the combined space of all the computer hard drives in the world does not amount to even one zettabyte. According to one study, all the world's computers stored approximately 160 exabytes in 2006, with nearly 1 zettabyte projected by 2010.

[computathug]

Good reference guide and information guys!

I wonder what the storage will be in another 100 years

[DNR]

it is confusing to look at, and I also wondered

When a number represents a quantity rather than a count, SI prefixes can be used. When used with byte multiples, the SI prefix may indicate a power of either 1,000 or 1,024, so the exact number may be either:

1 septillion, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes — 10008, or 1024, or
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes — 10248, or 280

A yottabyte (derived from the SI prefix yotta-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one septillion (one long scale quadrillion or 1024) bytes.

hm so what is missing?

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[lilrofl]

LMAO YOTTAbyte HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA what about the ever so evil counterpart, the DARTHbyte lol

sorry.... it's early, I couldn't resist...