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Specification point:i) define the terms bit, nibble, byte ii) define the terms kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte iii) understand that data needs to be converted into a binary format to be processed by a computer
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Bits, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes are all used to describe disk space, data storage or the capacity of system memory.
You need to be able to define each of these different sizes and to place them into the correct order from smallest to largest. It would also be a good idea to be able to identify the most suitable storage capacity for a given scenario.