COMPSALE
A List Of Computer Terminology

This web page looks at some of the terminology associated with the Computer Industry. This appendix is not to be deemed as complete but does cover a large range of common terminology.

If you find a term not covered in this file you may Email Button and list the word (computer connected terminology ONLY). We will endeavour to locate the meaning and respond to you. If we consider it a common enough term, we will add it to our list. New terminology (with explanation) may also be submitted for consideration.

For a more comprehensive terminolgy site, look at WHATIS.COM. This will open in a new window. Just close that window to return here.


Index SIZE Numeric A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


SIZE EQUIVALENTS FOR MEMORY

NAME SYMBOL GENERAL SIZE ACTUAL SIZE (BYTES)
kilobyte Kb 1000 bytes 1024 bytes
megabyte Mb 1000 Kb
1,000,000 bytes
1,048,576 bytes
gigabyte Gb 1000 Mb
1,000,000,000 bytes
1,073,741,824 bytes
terabyte Tb 1000 Gb
1,000,000,000,000 bytes
1,099,511,627,776 bytes
petabyte Pb 1000 Tb
1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes
exabyte Eb 1000 Pb
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes






























































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