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Can anyone please tell me which 'byte' is larger? A megabyte, kegabyte (sp?), or a gegabyte? Please tell me in correct order, from least to greatest. Thanks!

2007-02-10 17:22:03 · 7 answers · asked by Apfel 3 in Computers & Internet Other - Computers

7 answers

1 kilobyte (KB) 1,024 bytes
1 megabyte (MB) 1,048,576 bytes
1 gigabyte (GB) 1,073,741,824 bytes
1 terabyte (TB) 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
1 petabyte (PB) 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes

and if your interested...

A byte is a unit of measure for digital information. A single byte contains eight consecutive bits, and is capable of storing a single ASCII character, like "h".

A kilobyte (KB) is 1,024 bytes, not one thousand bytes as might be expected. This odd number results from the fact that computers use binary (base two) math, instead of a decimal (base ten) system.

Computer storage and memory is often measured in megabytes (MB). A medium-sized novel contains about 1MB of information. 1MB is 1,024 kilobytes, or 1,048,576 (1024x1024) bytes, not one million bytes. Again, this number results from the fact that computers use binary math.

Similarly, one gigabyte (GB) is 1,024MB, or 1,073,741,824 (1024x1024x1024) bytes. A terabyte (TB) is 1,024GB; 1TB is about the same amount of information as all of the books in a large library, or roughly 1,610 CDs worth of data. A petabyte (PB) is 1,024TB.
Indiana University is now building storage systems capable of holding petabytes of data. An exabyte (EB) is 1,024PB. A zettabyte (ZB) is 1,024EB. And finally, a yottabyte (YB) 1,024ZB.

2007-02-10 17:33:01 · answer #1 · answered by cozimono 1 · 2 0

First is a
bit-the smallest
byte=8 bits
Kilobyte=1024 bytes
Megabyte=1024 Kilobyte
Gigabyte=1024 Megabyte

2007-02-11 01:25:47 · answer #2 · answered by Kumar B 1 · 0 0

In order:
Kilobyte,
Megabyte,
Gigabyte.

2007-02-11 01:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by Maniaca Esoterica 3 · 0 0

byte

2007-02-11 05:45:08 · answer #4 · answered by cool hot 1 · 0 0

Gigabyte is the largetst

2007-02-11 01:24:58 · answer #5 · answered by whodeyflya 6 · 0 0

greatest to least

terabyte
gigabyte
megabyte
kilobyte
byte

2007-02-11 01:25:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

kegabyte
megabyte
gigabyte

2007-02-11 01:25:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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