Bitis the smallest unit of data that a computer uses

Single Binary Digita (0 or 1)

Byte= 8 bits

1 Byte = One character

10 Bytes = One Word

Kilobyte= 1,000 Bytes of 1,024 Bytes

1 Kilobyte = A paragraph

100 Kilobytes = A low resolution photograph

Megabyte= 1,000 kilobytes

1 Megabyte = a short novel

2 Megabytes = A high-resolution photograph

600 Megabytes = a CD-ROM

Gigabyte= 1,000 Megabytes

1 Gigabyte = 7 minutes of HD-TV video

1 Gigabyte = Content of about 10 yeards of books on a shelf

100 Gigabytes = A library floor of academic journals

Terabyte= 1,000 Gigabytes

1 Terbyte = 3.6 million 300-Kilobye images

1 Terabyte = 300 hours of good quality video

1 Terabyte = 1,000 copies of the Encyclopedia Britannica

10 Terabytes = The printed collection of the entire Library of Congress

Petabyte= 1,000 Terabytes

1 Petabyte = 20 million 4-door filing cabinets full of text

1 Petabyte = 500 billion pages of standard printed text

20 Petabytes = The amount of data processed by Google daily

Exabyte= 1,000 Petabytes

1 Exabyte = 2 million personal computers

5 Exabytes = All the words ever spoken by mankind

15 Exabytes = Total data held by Google

Zettabyte= 1,000 Exabytes

1 Zettabyte = 250 billion DVDs

Yottabyte= 1,000 Zettabytes

1 Yottabyte = Size of the entire World Wide Web

Brontobyte= 1,000 Yottabytes

The only thing there is to say about a Brontobyte is that it is a 1 followed by 27 zeros!

Geopbyte= 1,000 Brontobytes

No one knows why this term was created. It is highly doubtful that anyone alive today will EVER see a Geopbyte hard drive.