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GCSE OCR 1.2 The Units of Data Storage

This document discusses units of data storage and capacity. It defines common units like bits, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes. It explains that a byte is 8 bits and a kilobyte is 1024 bytes. Larger units like megabytes and gigabytes are multiples of 1024. The document also covers converting between units and distinguishes between data capacity, which is measured in bytes, and transfer speeds, which are measured in bits.

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GCSE OCR 1.2 The Units of Data Storage

This document discusses units of data storage and capacity. It defines common units like bits, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes. It explains that a byte is 8 bits and a kilobyte is 1024 bytes. Larger units like megabytes and gigabytes are multiples of 1024. The document also covers converting between units and distinguishes between data capacity, which is measured in bytes, and transfer speeds, which are measured in bits.

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OCR GCSE

SLR1.2 Memory and storage (J277)

The units of data storage

Teacher site: craigndave.org | Student site: student.craigndave.org | Smart revise: smartrevise.co.uk


SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity

0 1 = Binary Digit
SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity

0 1 = Binary Digit
S
N
S land pit
N
SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity

= 0111
SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity

= 0111
SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity

1 byte = 8 bits: 00000111


= 0111
00010011 = 19
01000001 = A
SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity

1 byte = 8 bits: 00000111


= 0111
00010011 = 19
01000001 = A

1 Kilobyte (KB)
= 210
= 1024 bytes
1000 ≈ bytes
SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

Units

Unit Symbol Binary value Decimal value Approximation Written

Bit b 0 or 1

Nibble 4 bits ½ byte

Byte B 8 bits 1 byte

Kilobyte KB 1024 bytes 103 1,000 bytes Thousand bytes

Megabyte MB 10242 bytes 106 1,000,000 bytes Million bytes

Gigabyte GB 10243 bytes 109 1,000,000,000 bytes Billion bytes

Terabyte TB 10244 bytes 1012 1,000,000,000,000 bytes Trillion bytes

Petabyte PB 10245 bytes 1015 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes Quadrillion bytes


SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

Units

Unit Symbol Binary value Decimal value Approximation Written

Bit b 0 or 1

Nibble 4 bits ½ byte

Byte B 8 bits 1 byte

Kilobyte KB 1024 bytes 103 1,000 bytes Thousand bytes

Megabyte MB 10242 bytes 106 1,000,000 bytes Million bytes

Gigabyte GB 10243 bytes 109 1,000,000,000 bytes Billion bytes

Terabyte TB 10244 bytes 1012 1,000,000,000,000 bytes Trillion bytes

Petabyte PB 10245 bytes 1015 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes Quadrillion bytes


SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

Converting between units

Unit

Bit
Multiply Divide
by 8 by 8
Byte

Kilobyte
Multiple by 1000

Megabyte

Divide by 1000
Gigabyte

Terabyte

Petabyte
SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity


SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity

= 1.47 MB
SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity

= 1.47 MB

= 0.74 MB
SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

About units of data capacity

= 1.47 MB

= 0.74 MB

x 1000 = 25000B
x8 = 200000b
OCR GCSE
SLR1.2 Memory and storage (J277)

Going beyond the GCSE


specification

Teacher site: craigndave.org | Student site: student.craigndave.org | Smart revise: smartrevise.co.uk


SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The units of data storage OCR GCSE (J277)

Data capacity vs transfer speeds

• Symbols for units uses capital letters to show they are


representing bytes not bits:
• KB, MB, GB, TB, PB

• The capacity of drives and file sizes is measured in bytes using


capital letter symbols.

• Data transfer speeds over networks are measured in bits using


a lower case second letter.

• So 1MB is not the same as 1Mb. It is eight times bigger!

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