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The document provides an overview of units of storage in computing, including definitions and conversions for bits, nibbles, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, and terabytes. It also compares various auxiliary storage devices based on size, storage space, speed, and technology. Additionally, it includes exercises for converting between different storage units.

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Computer Memory Unit 3 (1)

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SS 2 Fourth Week, First Term Note

UNITS OF STORAGE.

Bit, Nibble, Byte, Megabyte (MB), Kilobyte (KB), Gigabyte (GB), Terabyte (TB), Word.

1. BIT – Bit or Binary digit is the basic unit of information in the computer. It is
expressed as 0 and 1 in binary notation.
2. NIBBLE- This is a storage unit that is made up of 4 bits. It is equal to half of an
octet. An octet is equal to 8 bits.
3. BYTE- It is equivalent to a single character such as a letter, a numerous or a
punctuation mark. It is equivalent to 2 nibbles or 8 bits (11001101). The of
computer memory is determined by bytes.
4. KILOBYTE-It is used to measure memory space and units.
The hard disks of computers, the memory spaces, flash drives and other
storage media are measured in KBs, MBs and GBs respectively.
8 bits = 1 byte
1024 bytes = 1 kb

5. MEGABYTE- MB is equal to 1024 × 1024 bytes (1,048,576 bytes)


1024KB = 1MB; 10242 bytes =1 MB.

6. Gigabyte (GB)- GB is equal to 1024 megabytes. The unit symbol for the gigabyte
is GB or G -byte.
1024 megabytes = 1 gigabyte.
10243 bytes = 1 gigabyte

7. TERABYTE- It is equivalent to 1024 GB. This implies that 10244 bytes = 1


Terabyte (1,099,511,627,776 bytes).
COMPARISON OF AUXILIARY STORAGE DEVICES.

DEVICE SIZE STORAGE SPEED TECHNOLOGY


SPACE
Floppy disk Portable Small storage Slow speed Magnetic Tape
space Technology
Hard disk Not portable Enormous Slow Magnetic Tape
storage space compared to Technology
main memory
Flash drive Portable Large Very high Flash Memory
speed
Compact disk Portable Large High speed Optical Disk
Technology
Digital video Portable Extremely
disk large storage

EXERCISE: Convert the following:

a. 40 bits to byte
b. 1420 t0 kilo
c. 3 megabyte to kb

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