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Measurements
of storage
What is the order?

Guess the order of these

measurements of storage from
smallest to largest:

A. 3 nibbles
B. 1 byte
C. 10 bits
D. 2 bytes
Can you think of any other units of measurement that are used in computer science?
 Objective
● Define the terms ‘bit’, ‘nibble’, ‘kilobyte’, ‘megabyte’, ‘gigabyte’, ‘terabyte’,
‘petabyte’, ‘exabyte’, ‘zettabyte’, and ‘yottabyte’
● Compare ‘kibibyte’, ‘mebibyte’, ‘gibibyte’, ‘tebibyte’, pebibyte’,
‘exbibyte’, ‘zetbibyte’, and ‘yobibyte’ to ‘kilobyte’, ‘megabyte’,
‘gigabyte’, ‘terabyte’, ‘petabyte’, ‘exabyte’, ‘zettabyte’, and ‘yottabyte’
● Convert between units of measurement
Data Storage Units
Data is a term that refers to information encoded in digital
space. Data storage units, therefore, are different terms for
amounts of data that can be stored on a given device or in a
computer system.
Data Storage Units
For example, a smartphone might hold 64 or 128 gigabytes of
information. Data storage units are not unique to phones and
desktop computers: laptops, tablets, memory cards, and even
video game consoles all have to store data in order to
function.
Data Storage Units
Data storage is usually defined using metric prefixes. Each larger unit can
usually hold 1,000 (or 1,024 in binary math) units of data, just like how one
kilometer is made up of one thousand meters. To understand how these units
all fit together, it can be helpful to look at data units from smallest to largest
Units of measurement
The smallest unit of measurement in computer science is a bit.

You should also be familiar with:

● A nibble (4 bits)
● A byte (8 bits or 2 nibbles)
Here are some other units of measurement:

● Kilobyte — KB 1,000 bytes

● Megabyte — MB 1,000 kilobytes
● Gigabyte — GB 1,000 megabytes
● Terabyte — TB 1,000 gigabytes
● Petabyte — PB 1,000 terabytes
● Exabyte – EB 1,000 petabytes
● Zettabyte – ZB 1,000 exabytes
● Yottabyte – YB 1,000 zettabytes
Units of measurement
● Bit
● Nibble 4 bits
● Byte — B 8 bits
● Kilobyte — kB 1,000 bytes
● Megabyte — MB 1,000 kilobytes
● Gigabyte — GB 1,000 megabytes
● Terabyte — TB 1,000 gigabytes
● Petabyte — PB 1,000 terabytes
● Exabyte – EB 1,000 petabytes
● Zettabyte – ZB 1,000 exabytes
● Yottabyte – YB 1,000 zettabytes
Bit (b)

Digital data is stored in binary, which is a system of 1s

and 0s that come together in vastly complex strings to
encode any possible digital information. A single binary
digit, either a 1 or a 0, is called a bit. 
Bit (b)

Because bits are so small, you rarely work with

information one bit at a time. Bits are usually assembled
into a group of eight to form a byte. A byte contains
enough information to store a single ASCII character,
like "h".
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Byte (B)

A string of eight bits (for a potential 256 possible binary

combinations) is called a byte. Bytes are usually
considered the foundational unit of data storage that
everything else builds on.
Nibble

Another term used less commonly in data storage is

''nibble.'' A nibble, or sometimes nybble, is half of a
byte, meaning that it is a string of four bits.
Kilobyte (KB)
A kilobyte is made up of either 1,000 or 1,024 bytes. This distinction can be a
little tricky and has to do with the difference between binary math (which
computers rely on) and base-10 math (which most humans use in daily life). In
practical terms, both definitions of kilobyte are used. In some cases, a
distinction will be made between a kilobyte (1,000 bytes) and a kibibyte
(1,024 bytes), though this is less common.
Kilobyte (KB)
One kilobyte (usually abbreviated to KB) is still a very small amount of data
storage: one byte is enough data for about one letter of text, so one kilobyte is
enough storage for 1,000 characters, or around a paragraph of text. Typically,
KB are not used to measure the data storage of devices because they are so
small. In earlier decades, a few hundred KB of storage was considered a lot for
things like floppy disks.
Megabyte (MB)
A megabyte, or MB, is equivalent to 1,000 kilobytes. In binary terms, a similar
format is used in which a mebibyte is equivalent to 1,024 kibibytes. One
megabyte is still not all that much data, but it is a term that is used more in
day-to-day life than kilobyte is. 
Megabyte (MB)
A Megabytes might be used in cases like:
● Internet download and upload speeds
● Photo storage (1 MB is often enough for a few photos)
● Smartphone data plans (usually at least in the hundreds of MB)
Megabyte (MB)
One hundred megabytes is around enough data storage for 25 songs, an hour of
digital map navigation, or eight minutes of high-quality video streaming. Many
smaller files downloaded to computers will be measured in megabytes of
storage space.
Gigabyte (GB)
A gigabyte, or GB, is probably the most well-known unit of data storage in the
modern day, as it is commonly used in the marketing of consumer electronics.
A gigabyte is equivalent to 1,000 megabytes, while a gibibyte is equivalent to
1,024 mebibytes. In the earlier days of computing, a gigabyte was considered
an enormous amount of data. 
Gigabyte (GB)
Today, however, gigabytes are commonly used in the following contexts:
● Phone and computer storage is measured in gigabytes, usually in the tens or
hundreds.
● Video files are usually several gigabytes in size.
● Camera SD cards usually have at least one gigabyte of storage.
Gigabyte (GB)
Phone data plans that are one gigabyte or bigger are usually enough for most
people who have moderate data usage in a month. Thirty hours of voice
calling, two hours of standard definition video streaming, or around 350,000
emails and texts should fit into one gigabyte.
Terabyte (TB)
A relatively large unit of digital data, one Terabyte (TB) equals 1,000
Gigabytes. While a Tebibyte is equals to 1,024 Gibibyte. It has been estimated
that 10 Terabytes could hold the entire printed collection of the U.S. Library of
Congress, while a single TB could hold 1,000 copies of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica.
Terabyte (TB)
In more concrete terms, a terabyte of data is equivalent to any of the following:
● 472 hours of broadcast-quality videos;
● 130,000 digital photos;
● 150 hours of high-definition recordings; or
● 2,000 hours of CD-quality recordings.
Petabyte (PB)
An extremely large unit of digital data, one Petabyte is equal to 1,000 terabyte.
While Pebibyte is equals to 1,024 Tebibyte. Some estimates hold that a
Petabyte is the equivalent of 20 million tall filing cabinets or 500 billion pages
of standard printed text.
Petabyte (PB)
A petabyte is rarely used in measuring the storage capacity of devices. It is
mostly used for measuring the data, which is stored in large computer networks
or server farms. Like, Facebook and Google, two internet companies store
more than 100 petabytes of data on their servers. Petabyte (Pb) is that unit that
is larger than a terabyte (Tb) and smaller than the unit exabyte (Eb).
Petabyte (PB)
● The movie Avatar needed about 1 PB of storage to render those graphics.
● It's estimated that the human brain can store around 2.5 PB of memory data.
● Over 3.4 years of 24/7 Full HD video recording would be around 1 PB in size.
● As of late 2018, the Wayback Machine (Internet Archive) was storing over 25 PB of
data!
● 1 PB is equivalent to over 4,000 digital photos per day, over your entire life.
Exabyte (EB)
An extraordinarily large unit of digital data, one Exabyte (EB) is equal to 1,000
Petabytes. While one Exbibyte is equals to 1,024 Pebibytes. Some
technologists have estimated that all the words ever spoken by mankind would
be equal to five Exabytes.
Exabyte (EB)
● Way back in 2010, the internet was already handling 21 EB per month, and nearly
6 times that amount (122 EB) just seven years later.
● Almost 11 million movies in 4K format would fit comfortably inside a 1 EB storage
device.
● A single EB could hold the entire Library of Congress 3,000 times over.
● A single gram of DNA can hold 490 EB, at least in theory. That's over 5 billion 4K
movies.
● Users backing up their files to the Backblaze online backup service stored a
combined 1 EB of data on over 100,000 hard drives as early 2020.
Zettabyte (ZB)
Zettabytes are used to calculate data usage in huge volumes. A Zettabyte is
1,000 Exabytes. While one Zebibyte is equals to 1,024 Exbibytes. A zettabyte
is a measure of digital storage capacity. A zettabyte is read as the 2 to the
70th power bytes. It is also equal to a thousand exabytes, a billion terabytes or a
trillion gigabytes. Simply, it would mean one billion, one terabyte hard drives
would be needed to store one zettabyte of data.
Zettabyte (ZB)
Due to the zettabyte unit of measurement being so large, it is only used to
measure large aggregate amounts of data. Even all the data in the world is
estimated to be only a few zettabytes.
Yottabyte (YB)
A yottabyte is a unit of digital information storage used to denote the size of
data. It is equivalent to 1,000 zettabytes. While one Yobibyte is equals to 1,024
Zebibytes.

The prefix "yotta" is part of the International System of Units (SI), and means
1024. Hard disk manufacturers label their products in SI, which may confuse
some people in the IT field. The ISO, IEEE and the IEC all recommend using
the unit yobibyte, which signifies 280 bytes.
Yottabyte (YB)
A yottabyte is so much data that, according to backup vendor Backblaze Inc., a
yottabyte of storage would take up a data center the size of the states of
Delaware and Rhode Island. 

According to Backblaze, a yottabyte of storage would require a million data

centers.
‘kibibyte’, ‘mebibyte’, ‘gibibyte’, ‘tebibyte’,
pebibyte’, ‘exbibyte’, ‘zetbibyte’, and ‘yobibyte’

The terms were established as a universal standard to refer to the

storage capacities that were using the base-2 number system.

This was to stop confusion, as some computer scientists were using

‘kilobyte’ to refer to both 1,000 bytes and 1,024 bytes.
 Decimal or
base-10
Comparisons Binary or
base-2
numbering numbering

Manufacturer’s point of view Computer’s point of view

● 1 Kilobyte (KB) = 1,000 bytes ● 1 Kibibyte (KiB) = 1,024 bytes
● Megabyte (MB) = 1,000 kilobytes ● Mebibyte (MiB) = 1,024 kibibytes
● Gigabyte (GB) = 1,000 megabytes ● Gibibyte (GiB) = 1,024 mebibytes
● Terabyte (TB) = 1,000 gigabytes ● Tebibyte (TiB) = 1,024 gibibytes
● Petabyte (PB) = 1,000 terabytes ● Pebibyte (PiB) = 1,024 tebibytes
● Exabyte (EB) = 1,000 petabytes ● Exbibyte (EiB) = 1,024 pebibytes
● Zettabyte (ZB) = 1,000 exabytes ● Zebibyte (ZiB) = 1,024 exbibytes
● Yottabyte (YB) = 1,000 zettabytes ● Yobibyte (YiB) = 1,024 zebibytes
ACTIVITY
It is key that you remember the order of these units of measurement to help you
know how to convert between them.

To help you remember the order of the units, you can think of a silly sentence!

Your silly sentence should be made up of words that have the same first letters
as the units of measurement listed on the right-hand side, in the same order.
 Activity 1

ACTIVITY
Sample of Silly Sentence:

Be nice, Becky, Katie makes great tomato pizzas!

● Bit
● Nibble 4 bits
● Byte — B 8 bits
● Kilobyte — kB 1,000 bytes
● Megabyte — MB 1,000 kilobytes
● Gigabyte — GB 1,000 megabytes
● Terabyte — TB 1,000 gigabytes
● Petabyte — PB 1,000 terabytes
These are the Units of measurement that you need to remember,
listed in order from the smallest to largest:

● Bit
● Nibble 4 bits
● Byte — B 8 bits
● Kilobyte — kB 1,000 bytes
● Megabyte — MB 1,000 kilobytes
● Gigabyte — GB 1,000 megabytes
● Terabyte — TB 1,000 gigabytes
● Petabyte — PB 1,000 terabytes
● Exabyte – EB 1,000 petabytes
● Zettabyte – ZB 1,000 exabytes
● Yottabyte – YB 1,000 zettabytes
Why is it important to remember the order of these
Units of measurement for Data Storage?
 Activity 2

Put it into practice

You are now going to test your new silly sentence with a quick
quiz!

Use your sentence to help you remember the order and pick
which units of measurement are the largest or the smallest.

Off we go!
 Activity 2

1. Which of these is the largest?

Gigabyte Megabyte

Petabyte Kilobyte
 Activity 2

2. Which of these is the smallest?

Megabyte Kilobyte

Gigabyte Terabyte
 Activity 2

3. Which of these is the largest?

Gigabyte Terabyte

Petabyte Megabyte
 Activity 2

4. Which of these is the smallest?

Nibble Byte

Megabyte Kilobyte
 Activity 2

5. Which of these is the smallest?

Gigabyte Megabyte

Petabyte Kilobyte
What is the order?

Write down the order of these measurements of storage from smallest to

largest.

A. 2 kilobytes
B. 2 kibibytes
C. 1,000 megabytes
D. 4 nibbles
E. 3 bytes
F. 1 terabyte
G. 1,000 bytes
 Activity 2

Answers
 Activity 2

1. Which of these is the largest?

Gigabyte Megabyte

Petabyte Kilobyte
 Activity 2

Answer 1. Which of these is the largest?

Gigabyte Megabyte

Petabyte Kilobyte
 Activity 2

2. Which of these is the smallest?

Megabyte Kilobyte

Gigabyte Terabyte
 Activity 2

Answer 2. Which of these is the smallest?

Megabyte Kilobyte

Gigabyte Terabyte
 Activity 2

3. Which of these is the largest?

Gigabyte Terabyte

Petabyte Megabyte
 Activity 2

Answer 3. Which of these is the largest?

Gigabyte Terabyte

Petabyte Megabyte
 Activity 2

4. Which of these is the smallest?

Nibble Byte

Megabyte Kilobyte
 Activity 2

Answer 4. Which of these is the smallest?

Nibble Byte

Megabyte Kilobyte
 Activity 2

5. Which of these is the smallest?

Gigabyte Megabyte

Petabyte Kilobyte
 Activity 2

Answer 5. Which of these is the smallest?

Gigabyte Megabyte

Petabyte Kilobyte
What is the order?

Write down the order of these measurements of storage from smallest to

largest. Answers:
A. 2 kilobytes D. 4 nibbles
B. 2 kibibytes E. 3 bytes
C. 1,000 megabytes G. 1,000 bytes
D. 4 nibbles C. 1,000 megabytes
E. 3 bytes A. 2 kilobytes
F. 1 terabyte B. 2 kibibytes
G. 1,000 bytes F. 1 terabyte
Converting between units of
measurement
Converting between units of measurement

Two numbers that you really need to remember for your

conversions are:
● 1,000
● 8
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Two numbers that you really need to remember for your

conversions are:
● There are 1,000 bytes in a kilobyte
● There are 8 bits in a byte
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Try convert 50 bytes into bits.

There are 8 bits in a byte, so you need to do the following

calculation:

50 × 8 = ?
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Try convert 50 bytes into bits.

There are 8 bits in a byte, so you need to do the following

calculation:

50 × 8 = 400 bits
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Let’s try another example.

Convert 3,000 kilobytes into megabytes.

There are 1,000 kilobytes in a megabyte

 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Let’s try another example.

Convert 3,000 kilobytes into megabytes.

There are 1,000 kilobytes in a megabyte, so you need to do

the following calculation:
3,000 ÷ 1,000 = ?
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Let’s try another example.

Convert 3,000 kilobytes into megabytes.

There are 1,000 kilobytes in a megabyte, so you need to do

the following calculation:
3,000 ÷ 1,000 = 3 megabytes
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Convert 40,000 bits into kilobytes.

There are 8 bits in a byte.

There are 1,000 bytes in a kilobyte.

40,000 ÷ 8 = bytes

bytes ÷ 1,000 = kilobytes

 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Convert 40,000 bits into kilobytes.

There are 8 bits in a byte.

There are 1,000 bytes in a kilobyte.

40,000 ÷ 8 = 5,000 bytes

bytes ÷ 1,000 = kilobytes

 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Convert 40,000 bits into kilobytes.

There are 8 bits in a byte.

There are 1,000 bytes in a kilobyte.

40,000 ÷ 8 = 5,000 bytes

5,000 bytes ÷ 1,000 = 5 kilobytes

 Technique

÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000

B KB MB GB TB PB EB
x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000
 SAMPLE

÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000

B KB MB GB TB PB EB
x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000

1. 220 MB to KB
= 220 X 1000 KB
= 220,000 KB
 SAMPLE

÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000

B KB MB GB TB PB EB
x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000

2. 72 KB = B
= 72 X 1000 B
= 72,000 B
 SAMPLE

÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000

B KB MB GB TB PB EB
x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000

3. 30 GB to KB
= 30 X 1000² KB
= 30,000,000 KB
 SAMPLE

÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000

B KB MB GB TB PB EB
x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000

4. 1,538 KB to MB
= 1,538 ÷ 1000 MB
= 1.538 MB / 1.5 MB
 SAMPLE

÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000

B KB MB GB TB PB EB
x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000

5. 4 GB to B
= 4 X 1000³ B
= 4,000,000,000 B
 SAMPLE

÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000

B KB MB GB TB PB EB
x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000

6. 512 GB to TB
= 512 ÷ 1000 TB
= 0.5 TB
 SAMPLE

÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000 ÷1000

B KB MB GB TB PB EB
x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000 x1000

7. 67,003,324 KB to TB OR
= 67,003,324 / (1000³) TB = 67,003,324 /1000/1000/1000
= 0.067 TB = 0.067 TB
 BOARDWORK

Converting between units of

measurement
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Think back to the lesson about representing
sound. Here is a typical question:

Calculate the file size in bytes for a 1-minute

sound recording that has used a sample rate of
1,000 hertz and a sample resolution of 4 bits.
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Think back to the lesson about representing What is the answer in bits?
sound. Here is a typical question:
1,000 × 4 × 60 = ?
Calculate the file size in bytes for a 1-minute
sound recording that has used a sample rate of
1,000 hertz and a sample resolution of 4 bits.
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Think back to the lesson about representing What is the answer in bits?
sound. Here is a typical question:
1,000 × 4 × 60 = 240,000
Calculate the file size in bytes for a 1-minute
sound recording that has used a sample rate of Now, you convert it into bytes. What do you
1,000 hertz and a sample resolution of 4 bits. divide by?
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Think back to the lesson about representing What is the answer in bits?
sound. Here is a typical question:
1,000 × 4 × 60 = 240,000
Calculate the file size in bytes for a 1-minute
sound recording that has used a sample rate of Now, you convert it into bytes. What do you
1,000 hertz and a sample resolution of 4 bits. divide by?

8
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Think back to the lesson about representing What is the answer in bits?
sound. Here is a typical question:
1,000 × 4 × 60 = 240,000
Calculate the file size in bytes for a 1-minute
sound recording that has used a sample rate of Now, you convert it into bytes. What do you
1,000 hertz and a sample resolution of 4 bits. divide by?

240,000 ÷ 8 = ?
 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

Think back to the lesson about representing What is the answer in bits?
sound. Here is a typical question:
1,000 × 4 × 60 = 240,000
Calculate the file size in bytes for a 1-minute
sound recording that has used a sample rate of Now, you convert it into bytes. What do you
1,000 hertz and a sample resolution of 4 bits. divide by?

240,000 ÷ 8 = 30,000 bytes

 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

What if the question said “kilobytes” What is the answer in bits?
instead?
1,000 × 4 × 60 = 240,000
Calculate the file size in kilobytes for a 1-
minute sound recording that has used a sample Now, you convert it into bytes. What do you
rate of 1,000 hertz and a sample resolution of 4 divide by?
bits.
8

240,000 ÷ 8 = 30,000 bytes

 Activity 3

Converting between units of measurement

What if the question said “kilobytes” What is the answer in bits?
instead?
1,000 × 4 × 60 = 240,000
Calculate the file size in kilobytes for a 1-
minute sound recording that has used a sample Now, you convert it into bytes. What do you
rate of 1,000 hertz and a sample resolution of 4 divide by?
bits.
8

240,000 ÷ 8 = 30,000 bytes

30,000 ÷ 1,000 = 30 kilobytes

 Activity 3

Remember the order!

● Bit Be nice, Becky, Katie makes great tomato
● Nibble 4 bits pizzas!
● Byte — B 8 bits
● Kilobyte — kB 1,000 bytes As long as you remember the order, you should
● Megabyte — MB 1,000 kilobytes be able to work out which calculation you need
● Gigabyte — GB 1,000 megabytes to perform.
● Terabyte — TB 1,000 gigabytes
● Petabyte — PB 1,000 terabytes
 Activity 3

Try out these questions

Use the activity sheet to answer some file size

calculation questions.

Pay careful attention to the unit of

measurement that is used in the question to
make sure that you give the correct answer.
 Activity 4

Kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, tebibyte

You might see units of measurement of storage

with prefixes such as ‘kibi’, ‘mebi’, ‘gibi’, and
‘tebi’ where you might expect to see ‘kilo’,
‘mega’, ‘giga’, and ‘tera’.

For example:

kibibyte instead of kilobyte, or

gibibyte instead of gigabyte

 Activity 4

Kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, tebibyte

When you see these units of measurement

written slightly differently, it is because they
are referring to slightly different capacities (in
some cases).

A kilobyte typically refers to 1,000 bytes.

A kibibyte always refers to 1,024 bytes.

 Activity 4

Kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, tebibyte

1,024 comes from working with binary

numbers and the base-2 number system.

You would see the number 1,024 if you tried to

convert a 10-bit binary number into decimal.

210 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20

1,024 512 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Activity 4

Kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, tebibyte

This is because 2 to the power of 10 is 1,024.

210 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20

1,024 512 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Activity 4

Kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, tebibyte

A kibibyte is 1,024 bytes, because it is

equivalent to 210 bytes.

If you work this out mathematically, the

calculation is:

2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2×2, which is 1,024.

 Activity 4

Kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, tebibyte

Manufacturers typically label devices, such as

hard drives, using the base-10 number system.

This is because it is generally easier for

consumers to understand.

For example, a 1-gigabyte hard drive would

have 1,000 megabytes of storage capacity and
not 1,024 megabytes.
 Activity 4

Kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, tebibyte

If you ever need to convert between units of

measurement, it is important to know whether
you are working with the binary 1,024 or the
decimal 1,000.
 Plenary

What is the order?

Write down the order of these measurements of

storage from smallest to largest.

A. 2 kilobytes
B. 2 kibibytes
C. 1,000 megabytes
D. 4 nibbles
E. 3 bytes
F. 1 terabyte
G. 1,000 bytes
 Summary

Next lesson

In this lesson, you… Next lesson, you will…

Learnt about different units of Find out about lossy and lossless
measurement compression

Learnt how to convert between the units

of measurement
What is the order?

Write down the order of these measurements of Answer:

storage from smallest to largest:
B. 1 byte (8 bits)
A. 3 nibbles C. 10 bits
B. 1 byte A. 3 nibbles (12 bits)
C. 10 bits D. 2 bytes (16 bits)
D. 2 bytes
Other units of measurement:
Explorer task
● Kilobytes
Can you think of any other units of
● Megabytes
measurement that are used in computer
● Gigabytes
science?
● Terabytes