Binary

Binary

A base-2 number system using digits 0 and 1.

Decimal

The standard base-10 number system.

Conversion

Decimal to binary involves division by 2; binary to decimal involves multiplying by powers of 2.

Bit

The smallest unit of data in computing, representing a binary digit (0 or 1).

Nibble

A group of 4 bits.

Byte

Consists of 8 bits or 2 nibbles.

Kilobyte

Approximately 1000 bytes.

Megabyte

Roughly 1,000,000 bytes.

Gigabyte

Around 1,000,000,000 bytes or 1000 megabytes.

Terabyte

Approximately 1,000,000,000,000 bytes or 1000 gigabytes.