Bits and Bytes

Bit stands for binary digit: 0 or 1

A byte is made up of 8 bits

It takes 1 byte to store one ASCII character

ASCII stands for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange 

	A	0100 0001
	B	0100 0010
	C	0100 0011
K stands for kilo and = 1024 (2 to the tenth power)

M stands for mega. A MB, megabyte is about a million bytes (1024x1024)

G stands for giga. A GB, gigabyte is about a billion bytes (1024x1024x1024)

T stands for tera. A TB, terabyte is about a trillion!

RAM is usually measured in MB

Hard disk spaces is usually measured in gigabytes