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 0011K 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