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UNITS

The document provides conversion rules and equivalents for units related to frequency, storage size, time, bandwidth, length, speed and image resolution. It lists common prefixes and their exponential meaning in terms of the base unit for various contexts like Hz, bytes, seconds, bits per second and others.

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UNITS

The document provides conversion rules and equivalents for units related to frequency, storage size, time, bandwidth, length, speed and image resolution. It lists common prefixes and their exponential meaning in terms of the base unit for various contexts like Hz, bytes, seconds, bits per second and others.

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Main Rules:

• From Big to Small > Multiply *


• From Small to Big > Divide / …

Frequency – Hz > Processor unit


Unit Equivalent
Hertz (Hz) 1 Hz Difference is 10^3 Hz

Kilohertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz


Megahertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz
Difference is 10^6 Hz
Gigahertz (GHz) 10^9 Hz
Terahertz (THz) 10^12 Hz
Storage Size – Byte > RAM, Hard disk unit
Unit Equivalent
Bits (b) = 1 bit 2^-3 = 0.125 B
*8
Nibble = 4bits =0.5 B 2^-1 = 0.5 B
*2 Difference is 2^10 B
Byte (B) = 8 bits = 2Nibbles 2^0 = 1 B

Kilobyte (KB) 2^10 = 1024 B


Megabyte (MB) 2^20 = 1024 KB
Difference is 2^20 B
Gigabyte (GB) 2^30 = 1024 MB
Terabyte (TB) 2^40 = 1024 GB
Time – s
Unit Equivalent
Difference is 10^3 s
Seconds (s) 1s

Milliseconds (ms) 10^ -3 s


Microseconds (µs) 10^ -6 s
Difference is 10^6 s
Nanoseconds (ns) 10^ -9 s
Picoseconds (ps) 10^ -12 s
Bandwidth bps > per second
Unit Equivalent
Bits per sec (bps) Basic unit Difference is 10^3 bps

Kilobits per sec (kbps) 10^3 bps


Megabits per sec (Mbps) 10^6 bps
Difference is 10^6 bps
Gigabits per sec (Gbps) 10^9 bps
Terabits per sec (Tbps) 10^12 bps
Length
Unit Equivalent
Millimeter (mm) 1 mm = 10^-3 m

Centimeter (cm) 1 cm = 10^-2m = 10mm


Decimeter (dm) 1 dc = 10^-1
* 10
/ 10 Meter (m) 1 m = 100 cm
Decameter (dam) 1 dam = 10 m
Hectometer (hm) 1 hm = 10^2m
Kilometer (km) 1km = 10^3m = 10^5
cm
Speed
Unit Equivalent
centimeter per sec cm/s

Feet per sec f.p.s or ft. per sec


Meter per sec m/s
Meter per hour m/h
Kilometer per hour Km/h
Mile per hour mph
Image Resolution
Difference is 10^3 p
Pixel (p) 1p
Kilo pixel (Kp) 10^3 p
Difference is 10^6 p
Mega pixel (Mp) 10^6 p
Giga pixel (Gp) 10^9 p

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