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A
computer memory location can store a byte of
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information
(8 bits), enough for a keyboard character
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A
“normal” whole number (integer) uses 4 bytes
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A
machine instruction uses 4 bytes
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Units
of memory size are …
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KB,
kilobyte, 1024 bytes … just over a thousand
bytes, a “K”
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MB,
megabyte, 1,048,576 bytes … just over a million
bytes,
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a
“meg”
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GB,
gigabyte, 1,073,741,824 bytes … just over a
billion
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bytes,
a “gig”
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TB,
terabyte, 1,099,511,627,776 bytes … just over a
trillion
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bytes
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