Web Hosting Tutorial Series

Video #5: What are bits, bytes, megabytes and gigabytes?

This video tutorial will teach you about the units of measurements used in the world of computing.

The smallest unit of measurement on a computer is a binary digit; also know as the “bit”. There are almost always eight bits in one “byte”. A byte is the fundamental data unit for computers and is the unit most computers use to represent a character such as a letter, number, or symbol. It is also the basic unit of measurement for computer storage.

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