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Technology Literacy
Quest Experiential Learning
Identify the following and write their names:
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Measuring the Computer’s Memory
The basic unit for measuring the memory of a computer is the byte. A byte consists of a
group of eight bits or example 1 1 11 that is 1 yte e uals its. group o its is
known as a nibble hal a yte or example 1 1 that is 1 ni le e uals its.
Other units for measuring the computer’s memory are kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte,
terabyte, and so on.
its 1 byte 1 2 ytes 1 Kilobyte (KB)
1 2 ega ytes 1 Gigabyte (GB) 1 2 ilo ytes 1 Megabyte (MB)
1 2 iga ytes 1 Terabyte (TB) 1 2 Tera ytes 1 Petabyte (PB)
1 2 xa ytes 1 Zettabyte (ZB) 1 2 eta ytes 1 xa yte
1 2 etta ytes 1 Yottabyte (YB) 1 2 otta ytes 1 Brontobyte
1 2 ronto ytes 1 Geopbyte
Let's REFRESH
RAM is a temporary memory.
Information stored in ROM is permanent in nature.
Secondary memory is permanent in nature and is not directly accessed by the CPU.
The basic unit for measuring the memory of a computer is byte.
Other units for measuring the computer’s memory are kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte,
and so on.
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