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Units of Data - Coggle Diagram
Units of Data
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What is a byte?
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A video link to help explain: The Digital Computer (Bits and Bytes, Episode 1) - YouTube
What is a bit?
The CPU inside a computer system contains lots (seriously... LOTS!) of electronic switches. Each switch can be in one of two states: either on (1) or off (0).
Each switch is called a bit, and one bit on it's own is the smallest possible unit of digital information.
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Example File Sizes
Different computer files will have different sizes, measured in bytes.
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Storage media Capacity
A secondary storage device has a fixed capacity (how much data it can store) which is also measured in Bytes.
Complete the table of storage capacity for different secondary storage devices / media (on OneNote page)
