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Units
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bit | The smallest value of binary i.e. 0 or 1 |
| Nibble | Binary unit of data made up of 4 bits |
| Byte | Binary unit consiting of 8 bits |
| Terabyte | Binary unit consisting of 1,024 gigabytes |
| Kilobyte | Binary unit consisting of 1,024 bytes |
| Gigabyte | Binary unit consisting of 1,024 megabytes |
| Capacity | Characteristic for how much data a storage device can hold. |
| Denary | Number system from 0–9 used by humans |
| Binary | Number system that computers use to represent data/instructions because electricity has 2 states (on or off) |